Girls' name · since 1892
Angelica
Angelica has 93,217 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #708 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 93,217
- born since 1892
- 1990s
- peak decade
Angelica currently ranks #708 among girls' names in America, with 93,217 babies recorded since 1892.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Angelica has been recorded 93,217 times among girls since 1892, currently ranked #708 nationally and more common than 96% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #396 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #708 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 93,217 born since 1892
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Angelica ranks #396 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #708 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 93,217 born since 1892, peaking in the 1990s.
- #396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #708 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 93,217
- born since 1892
- 1990s
- peak decade
Angelica's 93,217 recorded births place it above 99.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Angelica compares
93,217 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Angelica's all-time total is 248x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Angelica | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 93,217 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,404 | 21 | 19,840 |
Angelica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Angelica's full recorded timeline at 1964, 97% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 3% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1892, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 3,404 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Angelica popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 3,404
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Angelica popularity over time - boys
321 total births recorded since 1970 (Angelica as boys' name)
Angelica by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (31,330 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Angelica's strongest decade.
31,330 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Angelica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 17
1890s
17 births
- 1900s 23
1900s
23 births
- 1910s 179
1910s
179 births
- 1920s 306
1920s
306 births
- 1930s 328
1930s
328 births
- 1940s 387
1940s
387 births
- 1950s 828
1950s
828 births
- 1960s 2,369
1960s
2,369 births
- 1970s 9,735
1970s
9,735 births
- 1980s
1980s
19,076 births
- 1990s
1990s
31,330 births
- 2000s
2000s
18,695 births
- 2010s 7,144
2010s
7,144 births
- 2020s 2,800
2020s
2,800 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 31,330 births (34% of all-time use).
How Angelica compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Angelica's total volume
Angelica by state
Where Angelica concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26,291 | 28.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 15,825 | 17.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 6,370 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5,018 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 4,293 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 3,754 | 4.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 2,719 | 2.9% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 1,783 | 1.9% |
26,291 of 93,217 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Angelica appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Angelica's data
- Angelica's decade-level peak was the 1990s (31,330 total births); usage has since declined to 2,800 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Angelicas (26,291 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Angelica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~133 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1892–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Angelica draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.