Meaning and history
Celia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius and may also shorten Cecilia. Shakespeare introduced it widely to English speakers through As You Like It (1599).
20062006: 406 births, rank #699
2007: 370 births, rank #779
2008: 390 births, rank #756
2009: 377 births, rank #753
2010: 375 births, rank #744
20112011: 372 births, rank #741
2012: 376 births, rank #740
2013: 355 births, rank #768
2014: 356 births, rank #787
2015: 328 births, rank #852
20162016: 344 births, rank #835
2017: 324 births, rank #838
2018: 287 births, rank #932
2019: 308 births, rank #869
2020: 345 births, rank #789
20212021: 358 births, rank #791
2022: 323 births, rank #861
2023: 332 births, rank #828
2024: 383 births, rank #735
20252025: 351 births, rank #774
Celia moved from #735 to #774 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1915, with 853 births.