How rare is the name Arcelia?

4,767 people in the United States have the first name Arcelia, about 1 in 63,359. It ranks #4,063 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ARCELIA

#4,063

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,767
About
1 in 63,359
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,767 people named Arcelia, 96.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% as White and 1.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arcelia peaked in 1975, when 46 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19082025
Peak year
1975
Births that year
46
In 2025*
20 ▼57%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,836 babies have been given the name since 1908. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Arcelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #4,194. The largest share of babies named Arcelia, 22.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#8,35719
1920s#5,351100
1930s#5,45176
1940s#4,487125
1950s#4,264174
1960s#4,959160
1970s#4,194291
1980s#5,470252
1990s#6,500269
2000s#10,157198
2010s#17,19096
2020s#14,54171
Greatest Generation 1901–275.7%
Silent Generation 1928–458.8%
Baby boom 1946–6417%
Generation X 1965–8022.3%
Millennials 1981–9622.1%
Generation Z 1997–1216.9%
2013 and later7.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Arcelia

2 other first names also have 4,767 people.

#4,063 Cathrine · 4,767#4,063 Sanjuanita · 4,767

Either side of Arcelia

#4,061 Deisy · 4,771#4,062 Roel · 4,768#4,063 Cathrine · 4,767#4,063 Sanjuanita · 4,767

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arcelia, most common first.

#1,088 Araceli · 37,919#5,472 Argelia · 3,131#5,626 Aracelis · 3,006#15,259 Aracelia · 757#17,184 Arceli · 646#18,138 Argelio · 597#26,650 Argelis · 348#36,405 Arcely · 218

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