Angelita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ahn-heh-LEE-ta
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Angelita is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “little angel”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Angelita mean?
Greek: Spanish diminutive of Angela
“little angel”
A Spanish pet form of Angela, which comes from Greek angelos, 'messenger'.
Is Angelita a girl's or a boy's name?
Angelita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Angelita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Angelita, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 182 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had fewer girls named Angelita than any year since 1904.
Half of all the girls named Angelita in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Angelita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,690 |
| 2007 | 87 | #2,248 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 87 | #2,085 |
| 2003 | 95 | #1,914 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,932 |
| 2001 | 104 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 75 | #2,048 |
| 1998 | 67 | #2,143 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,992 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,875 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,683 |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,575 |
| 1992 | 118 | #1,389 |
| 1991 | 87 | #1,683 |
| 1990 | 97 | #1,564 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,583 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,550 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,530 |
| 1986 | 82 | #1,505 |
| 1985 | 102 | #1,310 |
| 1984 | 118 | #1,153 |
| 1983 | 106 | #1,207 |
| 1982 | 134 | #1,069 |
| 1981 | 160 | #932 |
| 1980 | 177 | #866 |
| 1979 | 128 | #1,074 |
| 1978 | 160 | #898 |
| 1977 | 147 | #943 |
| 1976 | 154 | #872 |
| 1975 | 182 | #774 |
| 1974 | 180 | #770 |
| 1973 | 147 | #874 |
| 1972 | 174 | #784 |
| 1971 | 161 | #848 |
| 1970 | 168 | #821 |
| 1969 | 137 | #903 |
| 1968 | 174 | #754 |
| 1967 | 133 | #886 |
| 1966 | 144 | #830 |
| 1965 | 153 | #798 |
| 1964 | 135 | #896 |
| 1963 | 124 | #947 |
| 1962 | 124 | #952 |
| 1961 | 140 | #914 |
| 1960 | 147 | #854 |
| 1959 | 142 | #859 |
| 1958 | 171 | #760 |
| 1957 | 121 | #935 |
| 1956 | 121 | #913 |
| 1955 | 110 | #937 |
| 1954 | 129 | #826 |
| 1953 | 119 | #856 |
| 1952 | 140 | #751 |
| 1951 | 142 | #732 |
| 1950 | 132 | #750 |
| 1949 | 133 | #741 |
| 1948 | 160 | #659 |
| 1947 | 123 | #774 |
| 1946 | 131 | #703 |
| 1945 | 141 | #610 |
| 1944 | 105 | #741 |
| 1943 | 126 | #676 |
| 1942 | 103 | #743 |
| 1941 | 91 | #748 |
| 1940 | 86 | #741 |
| 1939 | 104 | #666 |
| 1938 | 97 | #698 |
| 1937 | 107 | #657 |
| 1936 | 95 | #683 |
| 1935 | 120 | #592 |
| 1934 | 121 | #595 |
| 1933 | 95 | #670 |
| 1932 | 129 | #578 |
| 1931 | 98 | #673 |
| 1930 | 122 | #626 |
| 1929 | 119 | #634 |
| 1928 | 104 | #685 |
| 1927 | 116 | #670 |
| 1926 | 134 | #612 |
| 1925 | 124 | #661 |
| 1924 | 118 | #682 |
| 1923 | 91 | #760 |
| 1922 | 92 | #763 |
| 1921 | 78 | #837 |
| 1920 | 93 | #750 |
| 1919 | 85 | #762 |
| 1918 | 51 | #1,005 |
| 1917 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1916 | 48 | #993 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,075 |
| 1914 | 52 | #802 |
| 1913 | 33 | #925 |
| 1912 | 41 | #781 |
| 1911 | 24 | #875 |
| 1910 | 21 | #941 |
| 1909 | 21 | #890 |
| 1908 | 24 | #791 |
| 1907 | 19 | #871 |
| 1906 | 19 | #845 |
| 1905 | 20 | #825 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,050 |
| 1903 | 15 | #896 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 15 | #970 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 14 | #867 |
| 1896 | 14 | #872 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
Nicknames for Angelita
- Lita 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Angelita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Veronica, Teresa, Maria, Priscilla, Margarita, Juana, Marcella, Anita, Virginia, Alicia, Gloria, Paula
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Angelita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/angelita, updated 20 October 2026.