Fun Facts About the Name Aracelli
- 385 babies named Aracelli: U.S. records list 385 babies given the name Aracelli from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aracelli Mean?
Aracelli is a feminine given name meaning "altar of heaven." It comes from the Latin phrase ara caeli: ara, meaning "altar," and caeli, the genitive of caelum, meaning "sky" or "heaven." The far more common Spanish spelling is Araceli; Aracelli is a variant with a doubled final l. Because the phrase is best known as a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Araceli ("Our Lady of the Altar of Heaven"), the literal meaning and the customary Marian interpretation are closely linked rather than separate.
Aracelli Name History & Origins
The name derives from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de Araceli, associated above all with the town of Lucena in the province of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain, where a venerated statue of the Virgin under that title is kept. The same Latin wording ara caeli underlies the name of the Roman church Santa Maria in Aracoeli, on the Capitoline Hill; that is a separate devotion, and the two should not be merged into a single origin story.
From Spain the name passed into the wider Spanish-speaking world, including Latin America, and into the Philippines, where Araceli is well established. Aracelli appears as a less common variant spelling whose doubled l matches Italian spelling habits; whether a particular family adopted it through Italian influence or simply as a respelling is generally not documented.
How Popular is the Name Aracelli?
Aracelli has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2010. Its best rank was #5,376 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,415 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #11,165 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #6,955 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #10,470 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #8,518 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #9,628 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #12,582 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #9,885 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #11,743 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #10,179 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #11,943 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #16,806 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #8,626 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #7,848 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #5,376 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #5,436 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #8,100 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #7,784 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #11,738 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #10,681 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #10,207 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #9,973 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #8,565 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #6,725 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #6,652 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #8,595 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #11,502 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #14,333 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #13,917 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #11,946 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #10,655 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #13,612 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #13,315 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,121 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #10,299 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #8,624 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #7,743 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #8,051 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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