Girls' name · since 1908
Arcelia
1,836 babies named Arcelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,979 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,939 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,836
- born since 1908
- 1970s
- peak decade
Arcelia currently ranks #5939 among girls' names in America, with 1,836 babies recorded since 1908.
Social Security Administration records show Arcelia recorded 1,836 times among girls since 1908, holding rank #5939 nationally today, ahead of 66% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 2025.
- #4,979 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,939 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,836 born since 1908
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arcelia ranks #4,979 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,939 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,836 born since 1908, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,979 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,939 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,836
- born since 1908
- 1970s
- peak decade
Arcelia's 1,836 recorded births place it above 93.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Arcelia compares
1,836 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Arcelia's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arcelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,836 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arcelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arcelia splits its recorded history at 1972: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1908 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 46 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arcelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 118 years of records
Arcelia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (291 births, 16% of the file).
1970s was Arcelia's strongest decade.
291 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Arcelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 19
1910s
19 births
- 1920s 100
1920s
100 births
- 1930s 76
1930s
76 births
- 1940s
1940s
125 births
- 1950s
1950s
174 births
- 1960s
1960s
160 births
- 1970s
1970s
291 births
- 1980s
1980s
252 births
- 1990s
1990s
269 births
- 2000s
2000s
198 births
- 2010s 96
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 71
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 291 births (16% of all-time use).
How Arcelia 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 Arcelia's total volume
Arcelia by state
Where Arcelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 639 | 34.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 216 | 11.8% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 17 | 0.9% |
| #4 | New Mexico | | 5 | 0.3% |
639 of 1,836 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Arcelia's data
- Arcelia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (291 total births); usage has since declined to 71 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Arcelias (639 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arcelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~117 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, 1908–2025 (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 Arcelia 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.