Girls' name · since 1919
Arcadia
660 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.
- #9,902 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,948 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 660
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arcadia currently ranks #5948 among girls' names in America, with 660 babies recorded since 1919.
Social Security Administration records show Arcadia recorded 660 times among girls since 1919, holding rank #5948 nationally today, ahead of 66% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #9,902 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,948 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 660 born since 1919
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arcadia ranks #9,902 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,948 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 660 born since 1919, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,902 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,948 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 660
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arcadia's 660 recorded births place it above 86.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Arcadia compares
660 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Arcadia's all-time total is 76% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arcadia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 660 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arcadia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arcadia's full recorded timeline at 2000, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arcadia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Arcadia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (192 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Arcadia's strongest decade.
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Arcadia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 57
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
103 births
- 2000s
2000s
134 births
- 2010s
2010s
192 births
- 2020s
2020s
121 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 192 births (29% of all-time use).
How Arcadia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arcadia's total volume
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 660 births nationwide.
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What to do with Arcadia's data
- Arcadia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (192 total births) through the 2020s (121) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Arcadias (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 Arcadia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Arcadia 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.