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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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 1980

girls
#184
1,455 births · 1 in 1,141 girls
boys
#3,838
10 births · 1 in 178,395 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #184Angelica1,455

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #3,838Angelica10
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 1,141 of them was named Angelica, which outranked 98.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angelica
  1. #181Shanna1,520
  2. #182Robyn1,501
  3. #183Carmen1,461
  4. #184Angelica1,455
  5. #185Toni1,453
  6. #186Shelly1,451
  7. #187Priscilla1,432
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 1,510Renada#2,218#708
  2. 1,173Tai#2,112#939
  3. 1,036Anya#1,592#556
  4. 601Chimere#1,503#902
  5. 517Brynn#1,442#925
Fallers
  1. 529Marlana#989#1,518
  2. 494Kizzy#647#1,141
  3. 369January#748#1,117
  4. 361Carisa#836#1,197
  5. 328Latonia#841#1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 178,395 of them was named Angelica, which outranked 47.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angelica
  1. #3,615Willia11
  2. #3,615Winslow11
  3. #3,615Yee11
  4. #3,838Angelica10
  5. #3,838Ahron10
  6. #3,838Akash10
  7. #3,838Akbar10
  8. #4,134Abdiel9
  9. #4,134Abelino9
  10. #4,134Addis9

Tied with 295 names at #3,838; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 381Gideon#1,370#989
  2. 296Bo#864#568
  3. 270Anson#1,137#867
  4. 266Dustan#1,255#989
  5. 255Dusty#614#359
Fallers
  1. 366Harris#991#1,357
  2. 362Tracey#842#1,204
  3. 331Jevon#780#1,111
  4. 321Kennith#937#1,258
  5. 267Levar#644#911

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

See the top 100 for 1980