Argelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-HEL-ya
- Origin
- Spanish
Argelia is a girls' name of Spanish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Argelia mean?
Spanish: Spanish name for Algeria, from Arabic al-Jazair 'the islands'
The Spanish name for Algeria, a country whose name comes from the Arabic for the islands, al-Jazair.
Is Argelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Argelia is a girls' name.
How popular is Argelia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1932.
Half of all the girls named Argelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Argelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
Names like Argelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda, Marisol, Sierra, Maria, Alana, Samantha, Alejandra, Victoria, Sophia, Angela, Alondra, Alicia
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Argelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/argelia, updated 20 October 2026.