Girls' name · since 1965
Anjelica
Anjelica has 4,336 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,128 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,336
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Anjelica currently ranks #11128 among girls' names in America, with 4,336 babies recorded since 1965.
Anjelica has 4,336 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11128 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #2,829 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,128 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,336 born since 1965
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anjelica ranks #2,829 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,128 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,336 born since 1965, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,128 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,336
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Anjelica's 4,336 recorded births place it above 96.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anjelica compares
4,336 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Anjelica's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anjelica | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,336 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 292 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anjelica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anjelica's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 292, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anjelica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 292
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Anjelica by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,140 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Anjelica's strongest decade.
2,140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Anjelica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 279
1970s
279 births
- 1980s
1980s
917 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,140 births
- 2000s 678
2000s
678 births
- 2010s 234
2010s
234 births
- 2020s 62
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,140 births (49% of all-time use).
How Anjelica 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 Anjelica's total volume
Anjelica by state
Where Anjelica concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 890 | 20.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 499 | 11.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 223 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 146 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 133 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 124 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 102 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 82 | 1.9% |
890 of 4,336 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Anjelica appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anjelica's data
- Anjelica's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,140 total births); usage has since declined to 62 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anjelicas (890 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 Anjelica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Anjelica 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.