Head to head · Girls' names
Celine vs Jasmine
#207 vs #206 in 2025
Jasmine is a whisker ahead (#206 vs #207 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Jasmine is stepping back from its peak, Celine is climbing the charts fast. On momentum, Celine has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Jasmine leads 4 measures of 6; Celine leads 2.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1890s: Celine #1411, Jasmine — — Celine higher
- 1900s: Celine #1629, Jasmine #1951 — Celine higher
- 1910s: Celine #2125, Jasmine #3203 — Celine higher
- 1920s: Celine #2082, Jasmine #3501 — Celine higher
- 1930s: Celine #1258, Jasmine #3602 — Celine higher
- 1940s: Celine #1546, Jasmine #4604 — Celine higher
- 1950s: Celine #1556, Jasmine #1868 — Celine higher
- 1960s: Celine #1668, Jasmine #2054 — Celine higher
- 1970s: Celine #2400, Jasmine #719 — Jasmine higher
- 1980s: Celine #2395, Jasmine #128 — Jasmine higher
- 1990s: Celine #1073, Jasmine #26 — Jasmine higher
- 2000s: Celine #901, Jasmine #32 — Jasmine higher
- 2010s: Celine #769, Jasmine #105 — Jasmine higher
- 2020s: Celine #321, Jasmine #180 — Jasmine higher
Celine stood higher in 8 of 14 decades; Jasmine has held the lead since the 1970s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Celine | Jasmine |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | #1411 | — |
| 1900s | #1629 | #1951 |
| 1910s | #2125 | #3203 |
| 1920s | #2082 | #3501 |
| 1930s | #1258 | #3602 |
| 1940s | #1546 | #4604 |
| 1950s | #1556 | #1868 |
| 1960s | #1668 | #2054 |
| 1970s | #2400 | #719 |
| 1980s | #2395 | #128 |
| 1990s | #1073 | #26 |
| 2000s | #901 | #32 |
| 2010s | #769 | #105 |
| 2020s | #321 | #180 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Celine
Not charting outside the US.
Jasmine
- Canada#91
- England & Wales#92
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Celine
either "heavenly, of the sky" or a short form of Marceline
Two serious readings compete. One traces Céline to the Latin family name Caelina, from caelum, "sky, heaven" — the source of the "heavenly" reading you will see most often. The other treats it as a clipped form of Marceline (Marcellina), a diminutive built on the Roman name Marcus. Both were in real use in France, and the two lines have long since blurred into one name.
Caelinus → Caelina → Céline → Celine
How it traveled
" In France it became Céline and stayed in steady use there, helped along by its overlap with Marceline, which was often shortened the same way. English-speaking families borrowed it from French, and the accent generally fell away in American records, leaving the plain Celine.
Jasmine
Jasmine flower
The word is Persian, yasamin, and it traveled with the plant: into Arabic, into Spanish and Italian, into French and then English, gathering spellings on the way. The name is the flower and nothing else, which puts it in the same class as Rose, Lily and Violet rather than in the class of names with a hidden meaning to be looked up.
yasamin → jasmin → Jasmine
How it traveled
Jasmine is one of the most expensive materials in perfumery for reasons that come straight from the plant's habits. The flowers give off scent at night, must be picked by hand within a few hours of opening, and yield so little oil that it takes several thousand blossoms to produce a few grams; a single field's harvest is measured in the weight of petals.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Celine
suh-LEEN
The common American reading puts the weight on the second syllable. French speakers say it closer to say-LEEN, and some families use SEH-leen. All three are heard, so it is worth deciding which one you will offer when introducing her.
- Cece — Informal; also used on its own for other C-names, and occasionally given as a standalone name.
- Lina — Informal; stands alone as a given name in several European languages.
- Celie — Informal, affectionate; overlaps with short forms of Cecilia.
- Cel — Very informal, mostly family and close friends.
Jasmine
JAZ-min
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The Persian and Arabic forms begin with a y and put the weight at the back; the j is what French and Spanish did to that sound, and English took the French version.
- Jas — The front alone; brisk, unisex and very widely used.
- Jazzy — The front softened and spelled for the sound; affectionate and playful.
- Minnie — Built from the ending; an old name in its own right and unrecognizable as a shortening.
- Yas — The front of the Persian and Arabic forms, used by families who know those.
Who has carried each name
Celine
Céline Dion (b. 1968) — "My Heart Will Go On" powerhouse with five Grammys
Jasmine
Jasmine Guy (b. 1962) — A Different World star
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Celine if you want…
- a name on the way upup 252 places on the charts in five years
- a name that ages quietlyan estimated 59% chance of feeling dated by 2040, against 80% for Jasmine
Choose Jasmine if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsJasmine is stepping back from its peak
- a name that charts abroad tooJasmine is on the national lists of Canada and England & Wales
- a name that feels very nowJasmine is stepping back from its peak
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Celine
Strengths
- Recognizable in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Polish, with a near-identical form in each — useful in a bilingual family.
- The spelling is already familiar to most English speakers, so it rarely needs to be spelled out letter by letter.
- A documented line back to Latin, with unbroken use in France for centuries.
To consider
- The association with one singer is strong and global. For many people the name arrives with her voice attached; that fades with time, but it will be mentioned.
- Celine is also a Paris fashion house, which means the name turns up on handbags and shop fronts as well as birth certificates.
- It sits close to Selena, Selina, Celina and Céline, so expect occasional misspellings and the odd corrected accent.
Jasmine
Strengths
- Recognizable across Persian, Arabic, Turkish, French and Spanish with only small changes of spelling.
- The meaning is a real and pleasant thing that needs no explaining in any language.
- Several short forms with completely different registers, from the brisk Jas to the antique Minnie.
To consider
- The name is on record for boys in small numbers, so it is not the absolute signal it appears.
- Jasmin, Jazmin, Jazmine and Yasmin are all in use, so spelling it out is a permanent job.
- One animated film has owned the name for a generation of American children.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Celine
59%chance Celine feels dated by 2040
Celine is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
Jasmine
80%chance Jasmine feels dated by 2040
Jasmine is coming down from a big peak (#23 in 1993). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Where Celine and Jasmine each sit in the library — alternatives in the same style, ranked by the same records.
Celine or Jasmine — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Celine or Jasmine?
- Jasmine, in 2025: Jasmine ranked #206 with 1,481 babies; Celine ranked #207 with 1,466 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Celine or Jasmine?
- Celine. Over the last five years Celine moved up 252 places; Jasmine moved down 66 places.
- Which is the older name, Celine or Jasmine?
- Celine entered the US charts in 1893; Jasmine entered the US charts in 1906. On the American record, Celine is the older name.
- How many people are named Celine and Jasmine?
- About 17,500 people named Celine are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 255,000 people named Jasmine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Celines or Jasmines in the classroom?
- Celine will almost certainly be the only one in school. Jasmine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; international figures from national statistics agencies. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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