Girls' name · since 2017
Acelia
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 31 babies named Acelia, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,617 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Acelia currently ranks #16617 among girls' names in America, with 31 babies recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Acelia has been recorded 31 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #16617 nationally and more common than 4% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #40,417 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,617 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 31 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Acelia ranks #40,417 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,617 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 31 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #40,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,617 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Acelia's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Acelia compares
31 11th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Acelia's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Acelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 31 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Acelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Acelia's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Acelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Acelia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Acelia's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Acelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (71% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Acelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Acelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.