Angelica — #623 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Angelica

The Social Security Administration has registered 92,808 babies named Angelica between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Angelica currently holds the #623 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 3,404 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Angelica performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31,330 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Angelica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26,230 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Angelica in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Angelica in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 92,808 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.