Arcadia — #6399 US girls' name
640 babies named Arcadia in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Arcadia was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Arcadia in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arcadia
The Social Security Administration has registered 640 babies named Arcadia between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arcadia currently holds the #6399 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arcadia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Arcadia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arcadia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arcadia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 640 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Arcadia at a glance
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Current rank
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Arcadia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1919
- Peak year (2018)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
Currently ranks #6399 among girls.
640 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 28 births in a single year.
Arcadia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 192 births that decade — 30% of Arcadia's all-time total
Arcadia decade highlights
- Peak decade 192 births
- Runner-up 134 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arcadia's strongest decade
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Arcadia by state
Where Arcadia concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 640 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.