Angel
#546 for girls in 2025, 551 births · #67 for boys in 2025, 4,757 births
Given to boys 72.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 11,602 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 29 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 265,886since 1888
Angel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #546 | 551 | #67 | 4,757 |
| 2024 | #495 | 621 | #63 | 4,983 |
| 2023 | #515 | 589 | #62 | 4,900 |
| 2022 | #515 | 608 | #62 | 5,105 |
| 2021 | #482 | 651 | #67 | 4,718 |
| 2020 | #436 | 704 | #76 | 4,527 |
| 2019 | #393 | 787 | #73 | 4,917 |
| 2018 | #368 | 855 | #72 | 5,065 |
| 2017 | #348 | 931 | #71 | 5,278 |
| 2016 | #321 | 1,018 | #70 | 5,564 |
| 2015 | #284 | 1,123 | #64 | 6,116 |
| 2014 | #274 | 1,202 | #67 | 6,314 |
| 2013 | #263 | 1,228 | #67 | 6,369 |
| 2012 | #226 | 1,408 | #57 | 7,024 |
| 2011 | #212 | 1,478 | #52 | 7,536 |
| 2010 | #193 | 1,612 | #42 | 8,776 |
| 2009 | #177 | 1,882 | #37 | 9,853 |
| 2008 | #159 | 2,127 | #36 | 10,357 |
| 2007 | #152 | 2,302 | #34 | 11,376 |
| 2006 | #159 | 2,226 | #31 | 11,602 |
| 2005 | #143 | 2,389 | #32 | 10,993 |
| 2004 | #127 | 2,614 | #44 | 9,516 |
| 2003 | #119 | 2,892 | #47 | 9,161 |
| 2002 | #109 | 3,100 | #49 | 8,192 |
| 2001 | #104 | 3,080 | #58 | 6,978 |
| 2000 | #119 | 2,833 | #67 | 6,306 |
| 1999 | #121 | 2,731 | #73 | 5,402 |
| 1998 | #138 | 2,384 | #81 | 4,772 |
| 1997 | #144 | 2,214 | #86 | 4,514 |
| 1996 | #162 | 1,939 | #102 | 3,913 |
| 1995 | #175 | 1,733 | #101 | 3,734 |
| 1994 | #176 | 1,674 | #104 | 3,477 |
| 1993 | #178 | 1,633 | #115 | 3,037 |
| 1992 | #180 | 1,696 | #114 | 3,049 |
| 1991 | #159 | 1,835 | #123 | 2,685 |
| 1990 | #174 | 1,662 | #133 | 2,407 |
| 1989 | #167 | 1,716 | #140 | 2,176 |
| 1988 | #166 | 1,704 | #151 | 1,828 |
| 1987 | #192 | 1,445 | #165 | 1,655 |
| 1986 | #171 | 1,583 | #163 | 1,651 |
| 1985 | #161 | 1,781 | #172 | 1,561 |
| 1984 | #162 | 1,685 | #179 | 1,418 |
| 1983 | #174 | 1,576 | #185 | 1,349 |
| 1982 | #166 | 1,744 | #181 | 1,442 |
| 1981 | #157 | 1,815 | #194 | 1,299 |
| 1980 | #169 | 1,687 | #172 | 1,419 |
| 1979 | #164 | 1,697 | #185 | 1,303 |
| 1978 | #141 | 1,935 | #189 | 1,249 |
| 1977 | #133 | 2,136 | #189 | 1,244 |
| 1976 | #156 | 1,642 | #197 | 1,139 |
| 1975 | #166 | 1,597 | #201 | 1,092 |
| 1974 | #183 | 1,449 | #198 | 1,111 |
| 1973 | #152 | 1,815 | #206 | 1,049 |
| 1972 | #145 | 1,946 | #225 | 954 |
| 1971 | #201 | 1,489 | #235 | 1,002 |
| 1970 | #270 | 1,108 | #229 | 1,035 |
| 1969 | #360 | 641 | #241 | 938 |
| 1968 | #416 | 504 | #248 | 833 |
| 1967 | #475 | 399 | #259 | 772 |
| 1966 | #446 | 438 | #262 | 766 |
| 1965 | #474 | 401 | #279 | 721 |
| 1964 | #472 | 424 | #300 | 697 |
| 1963 | #476 | 411 | #308 | 648 |
| 1962 | #453 | 450 | #294 | 696 |
| 1961 | #395 | 596 | #297 | 669 |
| 1960 | #610 | 268 | #299 | 664 |
| 1959 | #681 | 217 | #317 | 602 |
| 1958 | #717 | 189 | #334 | 529 |
| 1957 | #846 | 144 | #320 | 571 |
| 1956 | #903 | 123 | #334 | 496 |
| 1955 | #1,020 | 97 | #347 | 433 |
| 1954 | #1,020 | 92 | #339 | 441 |
| 1953 | #1,137 | 72 | #385 | 328 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | #388 | 313 |
| 1951 | #1,239 | 56 | #410 | 277 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | #435 | 234 |
| 1949 | #1,265 | 52 | #486 | 185 |
| 1948 | #1,250 | 53 | #442 | 225 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | #518 | 171 |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 | #545 | 137 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 | #533 | 125 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 | #575 | 114 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 | #587 | 117 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 | #611 | 106 |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 | #575 | 107 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | #626 | 90 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | #636 | 86 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #622 | 91 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #567 | 103 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #586 | 97 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | #598 | 94 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #539 | 119 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #577 | 100 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | #515 | 125 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | #570 | 107 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #459 | 166 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #512 | 131 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #517 | 136 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #536 | 131 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #533 | 130 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #559 | 122 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | #603 | 112 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #718 | 82 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #686 | 90 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | #814 | 70 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #699 | 85 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #774 | 70 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #894 | 55 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #860 | 55 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | #771 | 63 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #898 | 37 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #897 | 30 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #876 | 26 |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Angel! It came in at #755, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Angel is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#96 · 1 in 344
- New Mexico#127 · 1 in 465
- California#164 · 1 in 1,022
- Texas#238 · 1 in 1,446
- Florida#260 · 1 in 2,180
Best ever in a state: #1 in Arizona, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #96 | 11 | 1 in 344 |
| New Mexico | #127 | 8 | 1 in 465 |
| California | #164 | 36 | 1 in 1,022 |
| Texas | #238 | 38 | 1 in 1,446 |
| Florida | #260 | 7 | 1 in 2,180 |
| Illinois | #470 | 6 | 1 in 9,656 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Angel
- 4 spots since 2024 (#63 → #67)
- 9 spots since 2020 (#76 → #67)
- 3 spots since 2015 (#64 → #67)
- Biggest jump: 410 spots in 1916 (#1,181 → #771)
- Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1900 (#857 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 2006 at #31 (11,602 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1916–2025
- Highest: 1 in 177 boys born in 2006 were named Angel (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 359 boys born in 2025 (0.28%)
- 35.5% of all boys named Angel (94,334) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1985, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8 | #755 (1888) | #755 |
| 1890s | 22 | #857 (1899) | #979 |
| 1900s | 34 | #930 (1907) | #997 |
| 1910s | 391 | #771 (1916) | #899 |
| 1920s | 1,089 | #512 (1929) | #618 |
| 1930s | 1,088 | #459 (1930) | #567 |
| 1940s | 1,377 | #442 (1948) | #550 |
| 1950s | 4,224 | #317 (1959) | #361 |
| 1960s | 7,404 | #241 (1969) | #279 |
| 1970s | 11,178 | #185 (1979) | #205 |
| 1980s | 15,798 | #140 (1989) | #170 |
| 1990s | 36,990 | #73 (1999) | #103 |
| 2000s | 94,334 | #31 (2006) | #44 |
| 2010s | 62,959 | #42 (2010) | #64 |
| 2020s | 28,990 | #62 (2022) | #66 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Angel in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 62,390 of them was named Angel, which outranked 64.5% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,932Velna20
- #1,932Veryl20
- #1,932Wilna20
- #1,997Angel19
- #1,997Adrian19
- #1,997Agustina19
- #1,997Aldean19
- #2,076Argie18
- #2,076Arnold18
- #2,076Avalon18
Tied with 78 names at #1,997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 8,542 of them was named Angel, which outranked 89.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #528Gaylord131
- #528Milo131
- #528Sebastian131
- #533Angel130
- #533Coleman130
- #533Emilio130
- #533Isiah130
- #538Cyrus129
- #539Evan127
- #539Micheal127
Tied with 4 names at #533; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.