Girls' name · since 1914
Arzelia
52 babies named Arzelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,486 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arzelia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 52 have been recorded since 1914.
Arzelia has 52 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1933.
- #34,486 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arzelia ranks #34,486 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #34,486 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arzelia's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arzelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arzelia splits its recorded history at 1921: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arzelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1933
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Arzelia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (21 births, 40% of the file).
1920s was Arzelia's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Arzelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 21 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Arzelia's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 1930s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arzelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1914–1933 (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 Arzelia 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.