Araceli

What Araceli means

Spanish, 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”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Araceli” (revision 83107502), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Araceli?

US: Rising: up from #1055 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2002, when 573 girls got the name (#487 that year). First in the US records in 1939.

How common

• About 1 in 4,416 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 84,427 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (2.35 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.92 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.65 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Araceli is #746 in the US and #5927 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Araceli were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aracely151 US
• Arcelia20 US
• Aracelli12 US
• Aricela5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Araceli

Girls

• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Maria#87Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 10,148 babies; 2,887 in 2025
• Diana#244“goddess”^*
• Kiara#229Variant of Keira, meaning “black, dark, little dark one”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*

For a brother

• Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Javier#274Spanish, from Basque Xabier, meaning “the new house”^*
• Luis#144Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Antonio#176Same root as Anthony, meaning “flower”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Araceli’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.