How rare is the name Anjelica?

3,816 people in the United States have the first name Anjelica, about 1 in 79,149. It ranks #4,758 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANJELICA

#4,758

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,816
About
1 in 79,149
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,816 people named Anjelica, 59.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 18% as White and 14.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anjelica peaked in 1991, when 292 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
292
In 2025*
8 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,336 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Anjelica by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,631. The largest share of babies named Anjelica, 59.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#11,35426
1970s#4,341279
1980s#2,297917
1990s#1,6312,140
2000s#4,391678
2010s#9,527234
2020s#15,84562
Generation X 1965–808.1%
Millennials 1981–9659.4%
Generation Z 1997–1228%
2013 and later4.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Anjelica is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anjelica has been most common in Arizona (3.9×), California (3.2×), and New Mexico (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.43×).

2,755 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Anjelica

1 other first name also has 3,816 people.

#4,758 Mariateresa · 3,816

Either side of Anjelica

#4,755 Zelma · 3,820#4,757 Phu · 3,819#4,758 Mariateresa · 3,816#4,760 Deric · 3,814

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anjelica, most common first.

#483 Angelica · 117,165#557 Angelina · 98,695#1,756 Angelia · 17,186#2,300 Angelita · 11,209#3,841 Angelika · 5,128#5,282 Angelic · 3,287#15,197 Anjela · 760#16,298 Angelisa · 695

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