How Many People Are Named Arcelia?
people named Arcelia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 224,710 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,836 babies named Arcelia in Social Security records from 1908 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
46 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ARACELI.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Arcelia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arcelia alive today is about 42 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arcelia first appears in the records in 1908 and was given most often in 1975, to 46 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1908 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arcelia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,724, in 1950. In 2025 it ranked #5,934.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,934 |
| Best rank | #1,724 (1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,681 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arcelia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arcelia were born in California than in any other state: about 604 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arcelia was given 6.3 times as often in California and 3.2 times in Texas.
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