Anjel vs Anjelica
American parents have registered 4,336 Anjelicas since 1880, against 1,591 Anjels. But in 2025 it was Anjel that was commoner, 9 babies to 8.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Anjel Anjelica
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 61 years in which either name was published, Anjelica for 34 years and Anjel for 27 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
Side by side
| Anjel | Anjelica | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,591 | 4,336 |
| Most in one year | 83 | 292 |
| Babies in 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 1,600 | 4,200 |
| Median age today | 20 | 32 |
| Peak year | 2003 | 1991 |
| Best rank | 1,764th boys | 719th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,243rd | 10,917th |
| First recorded | 1954 | 1965 |
| Girls / boys | 403 / 1,188 | 4,336 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Anjelicas alive today are over 32; half the Anjels are over 20. That is 12 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Anjel California (5.7×), Texas (4.9×)
- Anjelica Arizona (3.9×), California (3.2×), New Mexico (2.7×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Anjel and Anjelica.