Anjelica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- an-JEL-i-ka
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Anjelica is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “angelic”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Anjelica mean?
Latin: spelling of Angelica, from Latin angelicus
“angelic”
Angelica is the heroine pursued by many knights in Ariosto's Renaissance epic Orlando Furioso.
Is Anjelica a girl's or a boy's name?
Anjelica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anjelica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Anjelica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Anjelica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Anjelica, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 292 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had fewer girls named Anjelica than any year since 1968.
Half of all the girls named Anjelica in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 406 girls in the US were given Anjelica or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #702, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
- Angelica 398
- Anjelica 8
Anjelica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,669 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,615 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 163 | #1,154 |
| 1997 | 160 | #1,153 |
| 1996 | 202 | #949 |
| 1995 | 223 | #864 |
| 1994 | 216 | #887 |
| 1993 | 276 | #751 |
| 1992 | 288 | #733 |
| 1991 | 292 | #719 |
| 1990 | 206 | #922 |
| 1989 | 173 | #992 |
| 1988 | 161 | #1,014 |
| 1987 | 164 | #966 |
| 1986 | 142 | #1,057 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,679 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,305 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,189 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,350 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,961 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
Nicknames for Anjelica
Names like Anjelica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexandra, Francesca, Olivia, Jessica, Ariana, Liliana, Gabriella, Fatima, Adriana, Victoria, Isabella, Alba
Other spellings of Anjelica
Names related to Anjelica
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Anjelica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anjelica, updated 20 October 2026.