Popularity of Celine as a baby name for girls

Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names

 

Celine Dion timeline:

• 1988.  WIns Eurovision contest
• 1990.  First U.S. release of album ("Unison") and single ("Where Does My Heart Beat Now".  The single peaks at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1991
• 1990.  Appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno
• 1994.  "The Power of Love" becomes Dion's first #1 single in the U.S.
• 1997.  Performs 2 songs at Oscars
• 1997.  "Titanic" released.  Dion performs the movie theme song, "My Heart Will Go On", which won the Oscar for Best Song and as a single release racked up 18,000,000 in sales.  
• 1998.  Celine reaches its first peak (#456) on the baby names chart for girls.

The name's popularity quickly tanked after 1998, falling off the chart in 2008. It returned 4 years later, and Celine as a baby name for girls is now at the peak of her powers.  And likely to go higher.