Fun Facts About the Name Seleste
- 872 babies named Seleste: U.S. records list 872 babies given the name Seleste from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Seleste Mean?
Seleste is a variant spelling of Celeste, a name taken from the Latin adjective caelestis, meaning "heavenly" or "belonging to the sky." That adjective comes from the noun caelum, "sky" or "heaven." The same Latin root also produced the papal name Celestinus. The literal sense of the name is therefore "heavenly"; the initial S of Seleste spells the same sound that the C of Celeste carries before e in Latin, French, and Italian. The difference between the two forms is one of spelling rather than of meaning or origin.
Seleste Name History & Origins
Latin caelestis and the derived personal name Celestinus were in use in Christian antiquity, and the papal name Celestine was borne by several early popes, beginning with Celestine I in the fifth century. From Latin the word and the name passed into the Romance languages; the French form Céleste and the Italian Celeste are both attested as given names, and English use of Celeste reflects those French and Italian models.
Seleste is a respelling of Celeste with an initial S. It follows the same pronunciation the name already had, since the c of Latin and French before e is spoken like s. Forms of this kind arise as people write a familiar sound in a more direct way, and Seleste appears alongside other spellings of the same name rather than belonging to a separate tradition of its own.
How Popular is the Name Seleste?
Seleste has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2004. Its best rank was #2,551 in 2004.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,373 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #7,180 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #6,627 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #5,606 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2021 | #6,643 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #5,819 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #5,952 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #8,538 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #18,033 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #9,336 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #8,868 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #6,663 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #6,684 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #7,740 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #13,165 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #10,354 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #7,025 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #8,049 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #4,552 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2006 | #5,350 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2005 | #4,938 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2004 | #2,551 | 66 | 0.0036% |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2002 | #3,963 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2001 | #4,015 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #4,166 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1999 | #3,877 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1998 | #3,481 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1997 | #3,693 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1996 | #3,133 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1995 | #3,569 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #3,985 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1993 | #6,969 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #7,946 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #5,608 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #5,239 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #8,606 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #10,107 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #10,206 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #10,119 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #7,273 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #9,469 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #6,434 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #7,803 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #7,288 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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