Girls' name · peaked in 2002
Araceli name popularity since 1925
20,406 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Araceli (99.3% girls, 0.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Araceli is about 29 years old in 2026. Araceli peaked in 2002 as the #487 name for girls, and it ranked #746 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,406
- Named Araceli, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #746
- for girls in 2025 (364 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% girls
- 20,268 girls · 138 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 4.04× its national share
Peak year is the year Araceli made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Araceli births per year, 1925–2025
2002 was the biggest year for Araceli both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1969 and 1974, Araceli became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 14,300 baby girls to 1 in 4,920.
- Steepest fall: Between 2009 and 2014, its share of baby girls fell by 41%, from 1 in 4,910 to 1 in 8,270.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Araceli's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Araceli.
Decade by decade
Babies named Araceli in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 34 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 216 | 0 | #2,478 |
| 1960s | 747 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1970s | 2,673 | 32 | #547 |
| 1980s | 3,230 | 71 | #651 |
| 1990s | 4,179 | 30 | #548 |
| 2000s | 4,714 | 0 | #588 |
| 2010s | 2,523 | 0 | #1,056 |
| 2020–25 | 1,947 | 0 | #746 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
33.1% of babies named Araceli from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Araceli is most popular
The index compares Araceli's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Araceli.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 4.04× | 7,856 |
| Texas | 3.49× | 5,028 |
| Arizona | 3.29× | 784 |
| Illinois | 1.34× | 1,198 |
| Washington | 1.31× | 403 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Araceli and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Araceli (this page) | 20,268 | 2002 |
| Aracely | 9,906 | 2003 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Araceli's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Araceli.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Araceli (2002).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data