Girls' name · since 1949
Aracelia
Aracelia has 471 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,299 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,223 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 471
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
471 babies have been named Aracelia since 1949, making it today's #10223 girls' name.
Aracelia has 471 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10223 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #12,299 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,223 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 471 born since 1949
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aracelia ranks #12,299 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,223 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 471 born since 1949, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,299 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,223 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 471
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Aracelia's 471 recorded births place it above 82.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Aracelia compares
471 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Aracelia's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aracelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 471 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aracelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aracelia's full recorded timeline at 1979, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aracelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (1971)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Aracelia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (105 births, 22% of the file).
1970s was Aracelia's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Aracelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
70 births
- 1960s
1960s
103 births
- 1970s
1970s
105 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 39
2000s
39 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 105 births (22% of all-time use).
Aracelia by state
Where Aracelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 108 | 22.9% |
| #2 | California | | 21 | 4.5% |
108 of 471 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Aracelia's data
- Aracelia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Aracelias (108 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Aracelia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aracelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Aracelia 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.