Arcola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arcola

The Social Security Administration has registered 324 babies named Arcola between 1903 and 1958, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arcola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arcola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Arcola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Arcola in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arcola 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 324 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.