Arsenia

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Arsenia has been given to 121 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1941, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Arsenia, 1990

1 in 790,000

Arsenia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arsenia: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arsenia means

Arsenia is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Arsenia is used in Cebuano and Tagalog.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Cebuano, Arsenia is pronounced /ʔaɾˈsenja/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 121 girls were recorded with the name Arsenia between 1915 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1941; its best national rank was #2,855 in 1941.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Arsenia?

Arsenia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1990: 1 in 790,000; 5 of 3,949,959 births
Among girls only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1990: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 547,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arsenia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1990 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 547,582 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arsenia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arsenias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arsenia was born before 1931 — so the typical Arsenia is around 94 today.

Median birth year: 1931; About 94 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 36.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 12.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 15; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 36.4% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Arsenia 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1941 (10)
Years since peak: 84; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,855; 1941

Spellings of Arsenia

Arsenia is not the most common spelling — Yesenia is, with 70.2% against Arsenia's 0.22%.

Yesenia70.2%39,467
Jesenia8.5%4,764
Arlena5.0%2,830
Arcelia3.3%1,836
Ardelia2.4%1,370
Gardenia2.4%1,354
Argelia1.5%836
Arsema1.3%707

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.

Arsenia around the world

Where Arsenia 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
1943–1943
#1,115
in 1943

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

Arsenia by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,855; 1941
Peak year: 1941; 10 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1990
All-time count: 121
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arsenia

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

Arshiya Arshika Ourania Bitania Ivannia Yasenia Davinia Xilenia Arshi Malenia Malania Azania Betania Alenia Elania Arsema Jecenia Ardenia Wynonia Arcenia Zennia Elvenia Athenia Vannia

Sibling names for Arsenia

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

For a sister

Nedra Toby Jerilyn Carolynn Georgianna Judie Carroll Freddie

For a brother

Errol Jerold Gail Sherwood Jerald Rayford Ned Mack

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