Aracelis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-rah-SEH-lees
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Aracelis is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “altar of heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Aracelis mean?
Latin: Spanish variant of Araceli, from Latin ara coeli
“altar of heaven”
Honours Our Lady of Aracoeli, after the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli on Rome's Capitoline Hill.
Is Aracelis a girl's or a boy's name?
Aracelis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aracelis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Aracelis, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1971, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had more girls named Aracelis than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Aracelis in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aracelis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,247 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
Nicknames for Aracelis
- Ara 10 girls in the UK in 2025
- Celi
Names like Aracelis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adriana Alexis Amanda Victoria Viviana Adrianna Liliana Alexandra Serena Angelica Miranda Alicia
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aracelis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aracelis, updated 20 October 2026.