Girls' name · peaked in 1971
Angelia name popularity since 1925
22,421 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Angelia. Half of them were born in 1970 or earlier, so the typical Angelia is about 56 years old in 2026. Angelia peaked in 1971 as the #294 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,421
- Named Angelia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,768 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 22,399 girls · 22 boys
- Most popular in
- Alabama
- 3.99× its national share
Peak year is the year Angelia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Angelia births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1966. Measured as a share of all babies, Angelia peaked in 1971.
- Fastest rise: Between 1985 and 1990, Angelia became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 12,100 baby girls to 1 in 3,920.
- Steepest fall: Between 1990 and 1995, its share of baby girls fell by 73%, from 1 in 3,920 to 1 in 14,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Angelia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Angelia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Angelia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 23 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 90 | 0 | #2,934 |
| 1940s | 325 | 0 | #1,543 |
| 1950s | 2,187 | 0 | #621 |
| 1960s | 7,911 | 10 | #286 |
| 1970s | 6,521 | 12 | #334 |
| 1980s | 1,728 | 0 | #1,046 |
| 1990s | 1,601 | 0 | #1,381 |
| 2000s | 1,159 | 0 | #1,489 |
| 2010s | 676 | 0 | #2,742 |
| 2020–25 | 178 | 0 | #4,768 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.4% of babies named Angelia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Angelia is most popular
The index compares Angelia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Angelia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3.99× | 1,348 |
| Mississippi | 3.98× | 922 |
| Georgia | 3.26× | 1,722 |
| Tennessee | 3.22× | 1,297 |
| Arkansas | 2.82× | 555 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Angelia and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Angelia (this page) | 22,399 | 1971 |
| Angelea | 1,017 | 1990 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Angelia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Angelia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Angelia (1971).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data