Angelica

#707 for girls in 2025, 398 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1996 · 3,404 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
93,217
since 1892

Angelica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #97, 1996girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#707398
2024#619481
2023#634463
2022#658450
2021#599497
2020#572511
2019#591514
2018#545567
2017#538576
2016#500624
2015#423756
2014#434737
2013#412734
2012#373837
2011#369867
2010#346932
2009#2921,128
2008#2581,337
2007#2321,516#12,3675
2006#2061,669
2005#1921,788#10,1516
2004#1761,941
2003#1522,213
2002#1462,273#10,6675
2001#1362,435
2000#1382,395#10,3495
1999#1162,821#7,8747
1998#1093,183
1997#1013,381#8,1106
1996#973,404#6,4968
1995#1013,357#4,05215
1994#1083,078#5,8689
1993#983,242#5,00211
1992#1003,324#6,1288
1991#1172,823#4,47612
1990#1192,717#3,05820
1989#1072,876#2,46926
1988#1092,612#2,86019
1987#1062,601#2,72519
1986#1302,146#2,51021
1985#1761,542#3,21614
1984#1941,380#3,70111
1983#1861,464#3,23013
1982#1831,498#2,83116
1981#1831,502#4,1539
1980#1841,455#3,83810
1979#2041,305
1978#2191,146#4,5547
1977#2201,133#4,1648
1976#2001,211
1975#2011,210#3,9418
1974#2401,062#2,94612
1973#302771#5,1015
1972#339666
1971#370640
1970#400591#4,2306
1969#486398
1968#541315
1967#532313
1966#602247
1965#619247
1964#658240
1963#753187
1962#867148
1961#879147
1960#946127
1959#944123
1958#1,08993
1957#1,10090
1956#1,10088
1955#1,02696
1954#1,05387
1953#1,10377
1952#1,23659
1951#1,33948
1950#1,12367
1949#1,40943
1948#1,35846
1947#1,27051
1946#1,31843
1945#1,41832
1944#1,36435
1943#1,39535
1942#1,41333
1941#1,41830
1940#1,17039
1939#1,37829
1938#1,14040
1937#1,35529
1936#1,13539
1935#1,30731
1934#1,44026
1933#1,40027
1932#1,34630
1931#1,19936
1930#1,16141
1929#1,41929
1928#1,46929
1927#1,48630
1926#1,54128
1925#1,50430
1924#1,03156
1923#1,49030
1922#1,57528
1921#1,86722
1920#1,70824
1919#2,26415
1918#1,69023
1917#1,92318
1916#1,48525
1915#1,57122
1914#1,48019
1913#1,60114
1912#1,08023
1911#1,6569
1910#1,42111
1909#1,9576
1908#2,1015
1907#1,8216
1906#1,7276
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,2637
1896#1,5835
1895
1894
1893
1892#1,4505
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1892

The first year at least five girls were named Angelica! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Angelica
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 88 spots since 2024 (#619#707)
  • 135 spots since 2020 (#572#707)
  • 284 spots since 2015 (#423#707)
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1959 (#1,089#944)
  • Biggest drop: 88 spots in 2025 (#619#707)
Rise & fade · girls
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1996 at #97 (3,404 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1992–1993
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1959–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 515
  • Highest: 1 in 515 girls born in 1997 were named Angelica (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,038 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #97 in 1996, was only 1 in 515 (0.19%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Angelica (31,330) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s17#1,263 (1897)#1,432
1900s23#1,727 (1906)#1,902
1910s179#1,080 (1912)#1,617
1920s306#1,031 (1924)#1,509
1930s328#1,135 (1936)#1,286
1940s387#1,170 (1940)#1,353
1950s828#944 (1959)#1,111
1960s2,369#486 (1969)#688
1970s9,735#200 (1976)#270
1980s19,076#106 (1987)#156
1990s31,330#97 (1996)#107
2000s18,695#136 (2001)#193
2010s7,144#346 (2010)#453
2020s2,800#572 (2020)#632

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.

Angelica in 1977

girls
#220
1,133 births · 1 in 1,353 girls
boys
#4,164
8 births · 1 in 205,403 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #220Angelica1,133

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #4,164Angelica8
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 1,353 of them was named Angelica, which outranked 98.1% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angelica
  1. #217Candace1,140
  2. #218Ana1,137
  3. #219Annette1,134
  4. #220Angelica1,133
  5. #221Gloria1,128
  6. #222Miranda1,121
  7. #223Kizzy1,117
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 1,746Shawnte#2,486#740
  2. 1,077Jacklyn#2,060#983
  3. 775Talia#1,482#707
  4. 605Haley#1,047#442
  5. 576Raven#1,154#578
Fallers
  1. 1,033Liberty#543#1,576
  2. 464Luciana#545#1,009
  3. 441Danyel#999#1,440
  4. 428Chaka#897#1,325
  5. 322Catina#861#1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 205,403 of them was named Angelica, which outranked 39.3% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angelica
  1. #3,836Wilber9
  2. #3,836Yasin9
  3. #3,836Zacchaeus9
  4. #4,164Angelica8
  5. #4,164Abdiel8
  6. #4,164Abdur8
  7. #4,164Adil8
  8. #4,582Abasi7
  9. #4,582Abdalla7
  10. #4,582Abhay7

Tied with 417 names at #4,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 5,102Lavar#5,587#485
  2. 4,753Kinte#5,587#834
  3. 969Jedidiah#1,873#904
  4. 811Conor#1,748#937
  5. 704Amin#1,608#904
Fallers
  1. 427Jerimy#963#1,390
  2. 322Demetrios#990#1,312
  3. 246Nakia#790#1,036
  4. 244Baron#977#1,221
  5. 235Hakim#878#1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977