Argelis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Argelis

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Argelis between 1981 and 1990, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Argelis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Argelis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1991.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Argelis performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Argelis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Argelis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Argelis 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 36 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.