Arcelia
Arcelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197546 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1908
- 1,816people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,816 girls have been named Arcelia in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 46 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 16%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arcelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 100 | |
| 1930s | 76 | |
| 1940s | 125 | |
| 1950s | 174 | |
| 1960s | 160 | |
| 1970s | 291 | |
| 1980s | 252 | |
| 1990s | 269 | |
| 2000s | 198 | |
| 2010s | 96 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Arcelia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Arcelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carlenapeak 1975
- Lucilapeak 1982
- Rosaurapeak 2003
- Rosariopeak 1993
- Jeanellepeak 1981
- Suzannapeak 1973
- Sulemapeak 1996
- Adenapeak 1975
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.