Angelica

“Variant of Angela — Messenger, angel” — Greek via Latin origin

Girl's name · #707 in the US (2025) · 90s

Angelica has appeared in US records since 1892 — best rank #97 (1996) · 93,217 babies named Angelica all-time · 1 in 4,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,700 girls in Norway (2025) · about 1 in 5,100 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,700 girls in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Angelicas

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
Angelica Agurbash — Belarusian singer and model
Angelica Catalani — Italian opera singer

Among 286 notable people named Angelica:

Entertainers appear 2.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Angelica Agurbash, Belarusian singer and model.

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