Girls' name · since 1912
Arelia
Since 1912, U.S. Social Security records show 317 babies named Arelia, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,448 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,866 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 317
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arelia currently ranks #6866 among girls' names in America, with 317 babies recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Arelia recorded 317 times among girls since 1912, holding rank #6866 nationally today, ahead of 60% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #15,448 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,866 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 317 born since 1912
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arelia ranks #15,448 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,866 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 317 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,448 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,866 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 317
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arelia's 317 recorded births place it above 78.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arelia compares
317 46th percentile among 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
Arelia's all-time total is 16% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 317 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arelia's full recorded timeline at 1987, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Arelia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (67 births, 21% of the file).
2020s was Arelia's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Arelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
29 births
- 1920s 22
1920s
22 births
- 1930s
1930s
31 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 67 births (21% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Arelia 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.