Girls' name · since 1923
Arcella
11 babies named Arcella in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #52,654 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1923
- 1970s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Arcella since 1923, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Arcella has 11 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1923 to 1970.
- #52,654 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1923
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arcella ranks #52,654 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1923, peaking in the 1970s.
- #52,654 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1923
- 1970s
- peak decade
Arcella's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arcella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arcella's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arcella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1970
- Peak year (1970)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Arcella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1970s was Arcella's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Arcella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arcella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1923–1970 (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 Arcella 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.