Arcelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-SEH-lee-ah
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Arcelia is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Arcelia come from?
Spanish: Spanish name, perhaps related to Araceli 'altar of heaven'
Is Arcelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Arcelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arcelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 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, 20 girls in the US were named Arcelia, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
2025 had more girls named Arcelia than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Arcelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arcelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,780 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,935 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,677 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,928 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
Names like Arcelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Arcelia
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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, “Arcelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arcelia, updated 20 October 2026.