NameTides

Arcelia

Arcelia was the #5,917 girls' name in the US in 2025 (20 babies).

Arcelia as a girl’s name

  • US
Arcelia as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Arcelia as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#5,917 (20)
2024#11,122 (8)
2023#7,247 (15)
2022#9,680 (10)
2021#8,978 (11)
2020#12,142 (7)
2019#9,112 (11)
2018#11,427 (8)
2017#10,689 (9)
2016#14,331 (6)
2015#11,835 (8)
2014#10,129 (10)
2013#10,235 (10)
2012#9,711 (11)
2011#10,374 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #1,935.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1908.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Arcelia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 100,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 51,000 to 1 in 210,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.