girl's name

Celie

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,054

Celie is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 1994, when 45 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1900.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Celie over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2015, not a full ten years.

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Births named Celie by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 200
1910s 120
1920s 45
1930s 15
1970s 20
1980s 150
1990s 335
2000s 325
2010s (to 2015) 270
2020s (to 2015) 55

How popular is Celie?

In 2015, Celie was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Celie is used

France as Célie #4,696 5 in 2025
United States #8,891 11 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.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Celie is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Célie Célie is a rare spelling of Celie, written with an acute accent and recorded about 350 times, mostly in France. 350

Names that peaked alongside Celie

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

Parents who like Celie also like

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

Sibling names for Celie

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

Common questions about Celie

How popular is the name Celie?

In 2015, Celie was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

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

Celie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Celie?

Celie has 2 syllables.

When was Celie most popular?

Celie peaked in 1994, when 45 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Celie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Celie currently ranks #4,696 in France. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.