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Angelita

Pronounced AA0 NG G EH0 L IY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 4 syllables
  • Peaked 1975
  • 142 years in use
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How popular is Angelita?

Angelita is a girls' name, and first appears in 1883. It has been given to 11,722 children — the 1,288th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 257 births across the past decade, against a peak of 182 in a single year. That peak was in 1975.

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1975Girls: 182Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
AA0 NG G EH0 L IY1 T AH0
Stress pattern:
0010
Syllables:
4

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Angelita

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Angelita

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Angelita?
Angelita ranks 1,288th among girls' names in US records, with 11,722 births since 1883. Over the past decade it accounts for 257.
Is Angelita a unisex name?
No. Angelita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Angelita most popular?
1975, when 182 children were given the name. It has been in use for 142 years and is still recorded as of 2024.