How Many People Are Named Araceli?
people named Araceli are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,215 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,406 babies named Araceli in Social Security records from 1939 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
573 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "altar of the sky" from Latin ara "altar" and coeli "sky". This is an epithet of the Virgin Mary in her role as the patron saint of Lucena, Spain.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Araceli, 99.4% were girls and 0.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Araceli alive today is about 29 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Araceli first appears in the records in 1939 and was given most often in 2002, to 573 babies. In 2025, 364 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1939 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Araceli has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #487, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #746.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #746 |
| Best rank | #487 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #608 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Araceli alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Araceli were born in California than in any other state: about 7,630 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Araceli was given 3.2 times as often in California, 2.9 times in Texas and 2.4 times in Arizona.
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