Girls' name · since 1945
Arabela
173 babies named Arabela in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,434 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1945
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arabela currently ranks #8434 among girls' names in America, with 173 babies recorded since 1945.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arabela has been recorded 173 times among girls since 1945, currently ranked #8434 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #21,301 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,434 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 173 born since 1945
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arabela ranks #21,301 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,434 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 173 born since 1945, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,434 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1945
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arabela's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Arabela compares
173 34th 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
Arabela's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arabela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 173 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arabela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arabela's full recorded timeline at 2015, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arabela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Arabela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Arabela's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Arabela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (49% of all-time use).
Arabela by state
Where Arabela concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 173 births nationwide.
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What to do with Arabela's data
- Arabela's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Arabelas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arabela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Arabela 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.