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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

girls
#107
2,876 births · 1 in 641 girls
boys
#2,469
26 births · 1 in 76,959 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #107Angelica2,876

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #2,469Angelica26
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 641 of them was named Angelica, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angelica
  1. #104Alexandria3,059
  2. #105Dana2,997
  3. #106Jillian2,922
  4. #107Angelica2,876
  5. #108Leslie2,865
  6. #109Rachael2,833
  7. #110Karen2,758
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 76,959 of them was named Angelica, which outranked 73.3% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angelica
  1. #2,416Unique27
  2. #2,416Zacheriah27
  3. #2,416Zakery27
  4. #2,469Angelica26
  5. #2,469Abdiel26
  6. #2,469Adolph26
  7. #2,469Akash26
  8. #2,545Adriano25
  9. #2,545Anh25
  10. #2,545Barret25

Tied with 75 names at #2,469; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989