Angelita
Angelita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. Its best rank was 578th, in 1932.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 260.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1975182 births
- Best rank
- #578in 1932
- Since 1883
- 11,685people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,685 girls have been named Angelita in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 182 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1970s alone account for 14%. It has spent 81 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Angelita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | |
| 1890s | 66 | |
| 1900s | 160 | |
| 1910s | 443 | |
| 1920s | 1,069 | |
| 1930s | 1,088 | |
| 1940s | 1,199 | |
| 1950s | 1,327 | |
| 1960s | 1,411 | |
| 1970s | 1,601 | |
| 1980s | 1,135 | |
| 1990s | 846 | |
| 2000s | 836 | |
| 2010s | 350 | |
| 2020s | 118 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Angelita was the 774th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Angelita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Margaritapeak 1957
- Carmelitapeak 1973
- Josefinapeak 1930
- Senaidapeak 1937
- Thomasinapeak 1966
- Jeanettapeak 1961
- Carmenpeak 1960
- Jovitapeak 1930
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.