Angelica
Girl nameAngelica has been given to 93,538 babies in the U.S. since 1892. It peaked in 1996 and currently ranks #708 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin
Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).
Origin: Italian
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
93,538
Peak year
1996 (3,412 babies)
Rank in 2025
#708 for girls
First recorded
1892
10-year trend
▼ -47%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Angelica
Angelica Kauffmann
Swiss artist (1741–1807)
Angelica Singleton Van Buren
First Lady of the United States
Angelica Balabanoff
Russian-Jewish-Italian dissident writer, social activist, politician, editor
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Angelica.
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