Angelina
Angelina was the 347th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 875 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 43rd with 5,813 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 184 places. More babies were named Angelina in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning little angel · Italian, Greek
Say it an-juh-LEE-nuh /ˌændʒəˈlinə/
- Rank in 2025
- #347 girls, down 57 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 875girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20055,813 babies
- Total since 1880
- 126,392babies recorded
What does the name Angelina mean?
Angelina is an Italian diminutive of Angela, "angel, messenger", from Latin angelus and Greek angelos. DMNES records Angelina in Italy in 1521 among the forms of Angela. Wiktionary notes it is a doublet of French Angeline. The actress Angelina Jolie made it widely known in the US. Related forms include Angeline and Angelique in French and Angie as a short form.
ἄγγελος (Ancient Greek, “messenger, angel”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Angela, Angeline, Angie, Lina.
See also: Greek names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Angelina', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Angela', DMNES, Durham University
Nicknames for Angelina
The usual nicknames for Angelina are Angie and Lina. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Angelina in the last five years, 51 were named Lina, against 5 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angie · also for Angela, Angelica, Angeline | Traditional | #705 | 2,085 |
| Lina · also for Evelina, Adeline, Alina | Modern | #572 | 2,529 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Angelinas go by each one.
Angelina popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 111 since 1924.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #347 | 875 |
| 2020 | #290 | 1,100 |
| 2010 | #93 | 3,146 |
| 2000 | #157 | 2,140 |
| 1990 | #261 | 1,099 |
| 1980 | #307 | 797 |
| 1970 | #422 | 528 |
| 1960 | #659 | 237 |
| 1950 | #492 | 268 |
| 1940 | #450 | 228 |
| 1930 | #212 | 832 |
| 1920 | #193 | 1,035 |
| 1910 | #243 | 249 |
| 1900 | #307 | 115 |
| 1890 | #430 | 35 |
| 1880 | #584 | 9 |
How popular is Angelina, counting every spelling?
Angelina is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #378 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #347 for Angelina on its own. Together these spellings went to 875 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelina | 875 | #347 | 4,975 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Angelina?
875 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Angelina (0.24 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Angelina born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 10 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Angelina.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Angelina?
About 100,300 people born in the US named Angelina are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 16 and 33. That makes Angelina mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Angelina by state
How common Angelina was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Nevada (2.6×), Florida (2.5×), New Jersey (2.3×), Connecticut (1.9×), New Mexico (1.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Angelina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Angelina, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Angelina · Sibling names for Angelina
Questions about the name Angelina
What does Angelina mean?
Angelina means “little angel” (Italian, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Angelina?
Angelina was the 347th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 875 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 43rd with 5,813 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 184 places. More babies were named Angelina in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Angelina a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Angelina in the US.
Where is Angelina most popular?
In 2021–2025, Angelina was most common in Nevada (1.57 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and New Jersey.