Arcelia
Arcelia is a city and seat of the municipality of Arcelia, in the state of Guerrero, southern Mexico.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Arcelia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arcelia is a city and seat of the municipality of Arcelia, in the state of Guerrero, southern Mexico.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Arcelia
The earliest SSA record of Arcelia as a baby girl name dates back to 1908, when 5 babies received it. 1975 was its biggest year on record, with 46 newborns named Arcelia — #1,935 in the national rankings. As of 2026, Arcelia ranks #8,334 for baby girls with 11 births, rising sharply (+20% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Arcelia
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About the name Arcelia
Arcelia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Arcelia's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #1,720. Use the chart and map above to compare Arcelia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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