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Araceli

“altar” + “of heaven”

feminineLatin script

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Spanish

Origin: Latin
5 language contexts: French Spanish Catalan +2 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Araceli

Araceli is a feminine given name documented in French, Spanish, Catalan and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin ara, from the components “altar” + “of heaven”.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “altar” + “of heaven”

Shortened from María (de) Araceli, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as the patron of Lucena, Andalusia, also the name of church in Rome (Madonna di Araceli), from Latin ara (“altar”) + coeli (“of heaven”).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (6)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q3621194
Feminine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Araceli
Feminine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Araceli
Feminine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Araceli
Feminine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Araceli
Feminine usage in Catalan · Polish Wiktionary: Araceli

Explore all 5 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Araceli” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q3621194.

All pronunciation details (6)

[a.ɾaˈse.li] — Spanish
[a.ɾaˈθe.li] — Spanish
/aɾaˈseli/ — Spanish
/aɾaˈθeli/ — Spanish
[aɾaˈseli] — Spanish (seseante)
[aɾaˈθeli] — Spanish (no seseante)

02 / Across borders

Where Araceli is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Araceli’s connections around the world.

5 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Official statistics

United States, 2025: 364 girls (rank 746).

Explore United States

4 of 12 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Araceli

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 364; applications; Rank #746
Peak year: 2002; 573 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Araceli in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	5	4,250	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	5	4,622	observed
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	6	4,417	observed
1947	6	4,764	observed
1948	7	4,205	observed
1949	10	3,393	observed
1950	9	3,662	observed
1951	8	4,011	observed
1952	15	2,806	observed
1953	9	3,955	observed
1954	16	2,779	observed
1955	20	2,472	observed
1956	35	1,796	observed
1957	23	2,347	observed
1958	38	1,762	observed
1959	43	1,672	observed
1960	58	1,447	observed
1961	49	1,612	observed
1962	48	1,627	observed
1963	58	1,464	observed
1964	75	1,281	observed
1965	74	1,252	observed
1966	68	1,312	observed
1967	77	1,209	observed
1968	122	934	observed
1969	118	994	observed
1970	163	838	observed
1971	221	690	observed
1972	208	698	observed
1973	234	642	observed
1974	298	558	observed
1975	316	547	observed
1976	309	552	observed
1977	310	568	observed
1978	285	597	observed
1979	329	559	observed
1980	351	536	observed
1981	375	522	observed
1982	367	532	observed
1983	298	594	observed
1984	295	605	observed
1985	282	651	observed
1986	315	610	observed
1987	259	703	observed
1988	286	675	observed
1989	402	557	observed
1990	424	555	observed
1991	489	488	observed
1992	456	522	observed
1993	431	552	observed
1994	444	546	observed
1995	434	548	observed
1996	383	595	observed
1997	374	606	observed
1998	407	593	observed
1999	337	675	observed
2000	422	599	observed
2001	480	547	observed
2002	573	487	observed
2003	525	537	observed
2004	519	548	observed
2005	486	588	observed
2006	517	569	observed
2007	437	672	observed
2008	381	770	observed
2009	374	763	observed
2010	328	819	observed
2011	328	815	observed
2012	275	932	observed
2013	262	961	observed
2014	216	1,151	observed
2015	249	1,055	observed
2016	213	1,176	observed
2017	226	1,114	observed
2018	217	1,129	observed
2019	209	1,149	observed
2020	256	994	observed
2021	284	934	observed
2022	306	905	observed
2023	349	803	observed
2024	388	727	observed
2025	364	746	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Araceli” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers (sourced)

People on Wikidata whose recorded given name is this item (not necessarily their first name), ordered by number of Wikipedia articles. Their names may use a different spelling.

Arly Jover (born 1971) — Spanish actress(recorded as a middle or baptismal name) source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Araceli with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q3621194CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: AracelyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Faelune-Araceli.wavCC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Araceli

Araceli is a feminine given name documented in French, Spanish, Catalan and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin ara, from the components “altar” + “of heaven”.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “altar” + “of heaven”

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (6)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q3621194
Feminine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Araceli
Feminine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Araceli
Feminine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Araceli
Feminine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Araceli
Feminine usage in Catalan · Polish Wiktionary: Araceli

Explore all 5 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Araceli” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q3621194.

All pronunciation details (6)

[a.ɾaˈse.li] — Spanish
[a.ɾaˈθe.li] — Spanish
/aɾaˈseli/ — Spanish
/aɾaˈθeli/ — Spanish
[aɾaˈseli] — Spanish (seseante)
[aɾaˈθeli] — Spanish (no seseante)

Where Araceli is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Araceli’s connections around the world.

5 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Official statistics

United States, 2025: 364 girls (rank 746).

Explore United States

4 of 12 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Araceli

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 364; applications; Rank #746
Peak year: 2002; 573 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Araceli in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	5	4,250	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	5	4,622	observed
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	6	4,417	observed
1947	6	4,764	observed
1948	7	4,205	observed
1949	10	3,393	observed
1950	9	3,662	observed
1951	8	4,011	observed
1952	15	2,806	observed
1953	9	3,955	observed
1954	16	2,779	observed
1955	20	2,472	observed
1956	35	1,796	observed
1957	23	2,347	observed
1958	38	1,762	observed
1959	43	1,672	observed
1960	58	1,447	observed
1961	49	1,612	observed
1962	48	1,627	observed
1963	58	1,464	observed
1964	75	1,281	observed
1965	74	1,252	observed
1966	68	1,312	observed
1967	77	1,209	observed
1968	122	934	observed
1969	118	994	observed
1970	163	838	observed
1971	221	690	observed
1972	208	698	observed
1973	234	642	observed
1974	298	558	observed
1975	316	547	observed
1976	309	552	observed
1977	310	568	observed
1978	285	597	observed
1979	329	559	observed
1980	351	536	observed
1981	375	522	observed
1982	367	532	observed
1983	298	594	observed
1984	295	605	observed
1985	282	651	observed
1986	315	610	observed
1987	259	703	observed
1988	286	675	observed
1989	402	557	observed
1990	424	555	observed
1991	489	488	observed
1992	456	522	observed
1993	431	552	observed
1994	444	546	observed
1995	434	548	observed
1996	383	595	observed
1997	374	606	observed
1998	407	593	observed
1999	337	675	observed
2000	422	599	observed
2001	480	547	observed
2002	573	487	observed
2003	525	537	observed
2004	519	548	observed
2005	486	588	observed
2006	517	569	observed
2007	437	672	observed
2008	381	770	observed
2009	374	763	observed
2010	328	819	observed
2011	328	815	observed
2012	275	932	observed
2013	262	961	observed
2014	216	1,151	observed
2015	249	1,055	observed
2016	213	1,176	observed
2017	226	1,114	observed
2018	217	1,129	observed
2019	209	1,149	observed
2020	256	994	observed
2021	284	934	observed
2022	306	905	observed
2023	349	803	observed
2024	388	727	observed
2025	364	746	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q3621194CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: AraceliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: AracelyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Faelune-Araceli.wavCC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Araceli

Latin origin

Where Araceli is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers (sourced)

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Aracely

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Araceli

Latin origin

Where Araceli is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers (sourced)

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Aracely

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page