girl's name
Celya
- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 3,380
Celya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Celya is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in France in 2006, when 205 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1972.
Celya over time
Births per decade in France, 1970s 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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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 15 |
| 1980s | 25 |
| 1990s | 185 |
| 2000s | 1,325 |
| 2010s | 1,485 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 345 |
How popular is Celya?
In 2025, Celya was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
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 Celya is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Célya | Célya is Celya written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #1,339. | 1,195 |
Names that peaked alongside Celya
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Celya also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Celya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Celya
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Celya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Celya
Is Celya a girl's or a boy's name?
Celya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Celya most popular?
Celya peaked in 2006, when 205 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Celya a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Celya currently ranks #1,339 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.