Angelita

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1932 · 129 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,702
since 1883

Angelita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Angelita has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #578, 1932girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#6,54617—
2024#5,02126—
2023#5,39023—
2022#6,22919—
2021#5,39823—
2020#4,75727—
2019#5,79821—
2018#4,76828—
2017#4,47731—
2016#4,73429—
2015#4,58430—
2014#4,45532—
2013#3,70341—
2012#4,04737—
2011#3,22251—
2010#3,25650—
2009#3,00057—
2008#2,69068—
2007#2,24887—
2006#2,20687—
2005#2,27879—
2004#2,08787—
2003#1,91595—
2002#1,93491—
2001#1,726104—
2000#2,03481—
1999#2,05175—
1998#2,14667—
1997#1,96473—
1996#1,99470—
1995#1,88074—
1994#1,68888—
1993#1,57797—
1992#1,392118—
1991#1,68987—
1990#1,56897—
1989#1,58788—
1988#1,55185—
1987#1,53183—
1986#1,50582#6,7215
1985#1,310102—
1984#1,153118—
1983#1,207106—
1982#1,069134—
1981#932160—
1980#866177—
1979#1,074128—
1978#898160—
1977#943147—
1976#872154—
1975#774182—
1974#770180—
1973#874147—
1972#784174—
1971#848161—
1970#821168—
1969#903137—
1968#754174—
1967#886133—
1966#830144—
1965#798153—
1964#896135—
1963#947124—
1962#952124—
1961#914140—
1960#854147—
1959#860142—
1958#761171—
1957#936121—
1956#914121—
1955#938110—
1954#827129—
1953#857119—
1952#752140—
1951#733142—
1950#751132—
1949#742133—
1948#660160—
1947#775123—
1946#703131—
1945#610141—
1944#741105—
1943#676126—
1942#743103—
1941#74891#3,1336
1940#74186—
1939#666104—
1938#69897—
1937#657107—
1936#68395#3,1476
1935#592120—
1934#595121#2,9737
1933#67095—
1932#578129#3,7765
1931#67398—
1930#626122—
1929#634119—
1928#685104#3,0768
1927#670116—
1926#612134—
1925#661124—
1924#682118—
1923#76091—
1922#76392—
1921#83778—
1920#75093—
1919#76285—
1918#1,00551—
1917#1,00249—
1916#99348—
1915#1,07539—
1914#80252—
1913#92533—
1912#78141—
1911#87524—
1910#94121—
1909#89021—
1908#79124—
1907#87119—
1906#84519—
1905#82520—
1904#1,05012—
1903#89615—
1902#1,2199—
1901#1,4666—
1900#97015—
1899#1,03410—
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1895#1,2997—
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Angelita! It came in at #692, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Angelita is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #330 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,625 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedDEArizona: #94 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 330 girlsAZNew Mexico: #170 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 612 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedHITexas: #189 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 873 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Angelita, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#94 · 1 in 330
  2. New Mexico#170 · 1 in 612
  3. Texas#189 · 1 in 873
  4. California#330 · 1 in 2,625

Best ever in a state: #36 in Arizona, 1919.

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Arizona#94121 in 330
New Mexico#17071 in 612
Texas#189691 in 873
California#330141 in 2,625
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Angelita
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,525 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #6,546)
  • 1,789 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #6,546)
  • 1,962 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 427 spots in 1896 (#1,299 → #872)
  • Biggest drop: 496 spots in 1901 (#970 → #1,466)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1932 at #578 (129 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 77 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1919–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,010
  • Highest: 1 in 8,010 girls born in 1975 were named Angelita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #578 in 1932, was only 1 in 8,272 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 13.7% of all girls named Angelita (1,601) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s36#692 (1883)#924
1890s66#867 (1897)#1,103
1900s160#791 (1908)#982
1910s443#762 (1919)#916
1920s1,069#612 (1926)#705
1930s1,088#578 (1932)#644
1940s1,199#610 (1945)#714
1950s1,327#733 (1951)#833
1960s1,411#754 (1968)#873
1970s1,601#770 (1974)#866
1980s1,135#866 (1980)#1,271
1990s846#1,392 (1992)#1,795
2000s836#1,726 (2001)#2,212
2010s350#3,222 (2011)#4,304
2020s135#4,757 (2020)#5,557

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Angelita in 1928

girls
#685
104 births · 1 in 11,090 girls
boys
#3,076
8 births · 1 in 138,452 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #685Angelita104

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #3,076Angelita8
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 11,090 of them was named Angelita, which outranked 87.4% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angelita
  1. #679Ladonna106
  2. #683Peggie105
  3. #683Rosina105
  4. #685Angelita104
  5. #685Adell104
  6. #685Kathrine104
  7. #685Raymond104
  8. #689Antonette103
  9. #689Katheryn103
  10. #689Lettie103

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 138,452 of them was named Angelita, which outranked 34.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angelita
  1. #2,843Winfrey9
  2. #2,843Zeke9
  3. #2,843Zell9
  4. #3,076Angelita8
  5. #3,076Achille8
  6. #3,076Adair8
  7. #3,076Admiral8
  8. #3,357Abundio7
  9. #3,357Agostino7
  10. #3,357Aldean7

Tied with 280 names at #3,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928 →