Arcelia — #11117 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Arcelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,816 babies named Arcelia between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arcelia currently holds the #11117 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arcelia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 291 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Arcelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 639 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Arcelia in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arcelia 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 1,816 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.