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Arcadius

#8,308 in 2025Boys' name

Of Arcadia

Arcadius has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #8,308 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Arcadius, 2025

1 in 368,000

Arcadius over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arcadius: meaning, origin, and history

Of Arcadia

Ancient Greek

What Arcadius means

Arcadius means “of Arcadia”, associated with Arkádios.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Latin Arcadius, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκάδιος (Arkádios, “of Arcadia”). See Arcadia for more information.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Arcadius (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Arcadius is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Arcadius comes through Latin Arcadius and Ancient Greek Ἀρκάδιος.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 77 boys were recorded with the name Arcadius between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2020; its best national rank was #5,048 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,048 in 2020 to #8,308 in 2025.

How common is Arcadius?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,308
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arcadius sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arcadius. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arcadiuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arcadius was born before 2021 — so the typical Arcadius is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
75.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
77
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 75.3% of all recorded uses (58).

Is Arcadius rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,260
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2020 (18)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
66.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,048
2020

Spellings of Arcadius

Arcadius is not the most common spelling — Arcadio is, with 93.6% against Arcadius's 6.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Arcadius around the world

Where Arcadius ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1904–1968
    #1,596
    in 1968

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Arcadius by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,308
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,260
Best rank ever
#5,048
2020
Peak year
2020
18 that year
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
77
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Arcadius

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Arcadius

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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