Angelica: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced an-JEL-ih-kuh · 4 syllables

Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).

How popular is Angelica?

Angelica was the #707 name in the US in 2025, given to 398 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Angelica in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Angelica are older than 34; most are between 20 and 55. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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Angelica is pronounced an-JEL-ih-kuh.

Angelica was the #707 name in the US in 2025, given to 398 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Angelica are older than 34. Most are between 20 and 55.