Araceli
Girl · ah-rah-SEH-lee · Latin
Araceli is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “altar of heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 746th for girls in the US (364 babies).
What does Araceli mean?
Latin: Spanish name from Latin ara caeli
“altar of heaven”
From the Virgin Mary's title 'Our Lady of Araceli', after the Roman church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.
- Say it
- ah-rah-SEH-lee
Is Araceli a girl's or a boy's name?
Araceli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 364 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Araceli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Araceli, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Araceli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
How popular is Araceli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #746among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 364about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 364 girls in the US were named Araceli, making it the 746th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 994th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 573 girls. It first appears in the records in 1939.
Half of all the girls named Araceli in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 527 girls in the US were given Araceli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #566, up from #746 for this spelling alone.
Araceli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 364 | #746 |
| 2024 | 388 | #727 |
| 2023 | 349 | #803 |
| 2022 | 306 | #905 |
| 2021 | 284 | #934 |
| 2020 | 256 | #994 |
| 2019 | 209 | #1,149 |
| 2018 | 217 | #1,129 |
| 2017 | 226 | #1,114 |
| 2016 | 213 | #1,176 |
| 2015 | 249 | #1,055 |
| 2014 | 216 | #1,151 |
| 2013 | 262 | #961 |
| 2012 | 275 | #932 |
| 2011 | 328 | #815 |
| 2010 | 328 | #819 |
| 2009 | 374 | #763 |
| 2008 | 381 | #770 |
| 2007 | 437 | #672 |
| 2006 | 517 | #569 |
| 2005 | 486 | #588 |
| 2004 | 519 | #548 |
| 2003 | 525 | #537 |
| 2002 | 573 | #487 |
| 2001 | 480 | #547 |
| 2000 | 422 | #599 |
| 1999 | 337 | #674 |
| 1998 | 407 | #593 |
| 1997 | 374 | #606 |
| 1996 | 383 | #595 |
| 1995 | 434 | #548 |
| 1994 | 444 | #546 |
| 1993 | 431 | #552 |
| 1992 | 456 | #522 |
| 1991 | 489 | #488 |
| 1990 | 424 | #554 |
| 1989 | 402 | #557 |
| 1988 | 286 | #675 |
| 1987 | 259 | #703 |
| 1986 | 315 | #610 |
| 1985 | 282 | #651 |
| 1984 | 295 | #605 |
| 1983 | 298 | #594 |
| 1982 | 367 | #532 |
| 1981 | 375 | #522 |
| 1980 | 351 | #536 |
| 1979 | 329 | #559 |
| 1978 | 285 | #597 |
| 1977 | 310 | #568 |
| 1976 | 309 | #552 |
| 1975 | 316 | #547 |
| 1974 | 298 | #558 |
| 1973 | 234 | #642 |
| 1972 | 208 | #698 |
| 1971 | 221 | #690 |
| 1970 | 163 | #838 |
| 1969 | 118 | #994 |
| 1968 | 122 | #934 |
| 1967 | 77 | #1,209 |
| 1966 | 68 | #1,312 |
| 1965 | 74 | #1,252 |
| 1964 | 75 | #1,281 |
| 1963 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,626 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,611 |
| 1960 | 58 | #1,446 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,671 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
Nicknames for Araceli
- Celi
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