boy's name

Celestino

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 2,713

Celestino is a boy's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 28 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1922, when 46 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 118,413 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1888.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.

Celestino over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Celestino by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 6
1890s 5
1900s 5
1910s 133
1920s 325
1930s 223
1940s 254
1950s 219
1960s 240
1970s 248
1980s 225
1990s 282
2000s 207
2010s 163
2020s (to 2025) 103

How popular is Celestino?

In 2025, Celestino was given to 28 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Celestino is used

France #2,969 5 in 1982
United States #3,936 28 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Celestino

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Celestino also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Celestino over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Celestino

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Celestino — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Celestino

How popular is the name Celestino?

In 2025, Celestino was given to 28 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Celestino a girl's or a boy's name?

Celestino is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Celestino?

Celestino has 4 syllables.

When was Celestino most popular?

Celestino peaked in 1922, when 46 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Celestino a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Celestino currently ranks #3,936 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.