Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aracelis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,102
- 0 boys · 1,102 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #7,930 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +48%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,930 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,006 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aracelis’s family of names
In English usage, Aracelis has a related form in Araceli.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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