Argelia
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 836since 1932
Argelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Argelia has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Argelia! It came in at #4,411, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1932–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Argelia is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#1,078 · 1 in 11,796
- California#1,093 · 1 in 11,890
Best ever in a state: #945 in Texas, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #1,078 | 8 | 1 in 11,796 |
| California | #1,093 | 11 | 1 in 11,890 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Argelia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1973 at #2,830 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 60,759 girls born in 1973 were named Argelia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 21.3% of all girls named Argelia (178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 11 | #3,847 (1938) | #4,129 |
| 1940s | 14 | #4,205 (1948) | #4,220 |
| 1950s | 44 | #4,202 (1957) | #5,230 |
| 1960s | 73 | #3,458 (1963) | #5,358 |
| 1970s | 158 | #2,830 (1973) | #4,329 |
| 1980s | 137 | #4,318 (1984) | #5,425 |
| 1990s | 178 | #3,968 (1992) | #5,635 |
| 2000s | 155 | #5,383 (2006) | #7,742 |
| 2010s | 61 | #8,966 (2014) | #13,061 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Argelia in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 60,759 of them was named Argelia, which outranked 71.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,753Trixie25
- #2,753Tywanna25
- #2,753Yevette25
- #2,830Argelia24
- #2,830Analia24
- #2,830Anette24
- #2,830Aviva24
- #2,914Aime23
- #2,914Alea23
- #2,914Aline23
Tied with 83 names at #2,830; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.