girl's name

Araceli

  • Origin Latin
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 20,484

the United States

#747

2025 births

Araceli is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 364 babies in the United States, ranking #747. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Araceli is a name of Latin origin.
  • Peaked in 2002, when 573 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 9,108 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1939.

Araceli over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

4,714
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Araceli by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 5
1940s 34
1950s 216
1960s 752
1970s 2,705
1980s 3,301
1990s 4,209
2000s 4,714
2010s 2,523
2020s (to 2025) 1,947

How popular is Araceli?

In 2025, Araceli was given to 364 babies in the United States, ranking #747 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Araceli is used

United States #747 364 in 2025
France #2,305 5 in 1974
England & Wales #6,811 3 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Araceli

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Araceli also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Araceli over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Araceli

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Araceli — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Araceli

How popular is the name Araceli?

In 2025, Araceli was given to 364 babies in the United States, ranking #747 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Araceli a girl's or a boy's name?

Araceli is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Araceli most popular?

Araceli peaked in 2002, when 573 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Araceli a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Araceli currently ranks #747 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.