Angela
#408 for girls in 2025, 765 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #9,019
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 23,361 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 47 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 673,257since 1880
Angela over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #408 | 765 | — | |
| 2024 | #281 | 1,123 | — | |
| 2023 | #255 | 1,214 | — | |
| 2022 | #226 | 1,323 | — | |
| 2021 | #234 | 1,282 | — | |
| 2020 | #251 | 1,190 | — | |
| 2019 | #257 | 1,272 | — | |
| 2018 | #265 | 1,242 | — | |
| 2017 | #234 | 1,352 | — | |
| 2016 | #214 | 1,511 | — | |
| 2015 | #220 | 1,492 | — | |
| 2014 | #191 | 1,737 | — | |
| 2013 | #196 | 1,651 | — | |
| 2012 | #193 | 1,641 | — | |
| 2011 | #189 | 1,679 | — | |
| 2010 | #160 | 1,917 | — | |
| 2009 | #142 | 2,258 | — | |
| 2008 | #132 | 2,542 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #125 | 2,756 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #114 | 2,926 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #113 | 2,897 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #105 | 3,163 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #104 | 3,320 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #83 | 3,714 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #77 | 3,915 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #79 | 3,828 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #90 | 3,632 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #100 | 3,369 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #93 | 3,652 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #90 | 3,867 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #85 | 4,119 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #81 | 4,414 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #73 | 4,572 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #69 | 5,078 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #59 | 5,802 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #52 | 6,666 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #47 | 7,199 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1988 | #38 | 7,914 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #35 | 8,583 | #1,467 | 49 |
| 1986 | #33 | 9,267 | #1,535 | 43 |
| 1985 | #31 | 10,227 | #1,524 | 43 |
| 1984 | #26 | 11,291 | #1,198 | 58 |
| 1983 | #22 | 13,219 | #1,631 | 36 |
| 1982 | #16 | 15,002 | #1,229 | 57 |
| 1981 | #15 | 15,924 | #1,270 | 52 |
| 1980 | #12 | 17,969 | #1,204 | 58 |
| 1979 | #8 | 20,256 | #1,056 | 70 |
| 1978 | #7 | 20,517 | #1,011 | 73 |
| 1977 | #6 | 20,998 | #998 | 74 |
| 1976 | #5 | 22,038 | #1,111 | 58 |
| 1975 | #5 | 23,361 | #875 | 90 |
| 1974 | #5 | 22,803 | #849 | 89 |
| 1973 | #7 | 20,898 | #941 | 73 |
| 1972 | #6 | 23,561 | #976 | 69 |
| 1971 | #6 | 25,901 | #848 | 92 |
| 1970 | #6 | 24,929 | #884 | 83 |
| 1969 | #7 | 21,060 | #1,110 | 49 |
| 1968 | #7 | 20,670 | #1,034 | 51 |
| 1967 | #7 | 19,555 | #893 | 65 |
| 1966 | #9 | 18,532 | #1,059 | 48 |
| 1965 | #10 | 18,754 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #22 | 16,256 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1963 | #30 | 13,277 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #36 | 11,664 | #1,515 | 27 |
| 1961 | #38 | 10,843 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #50 | 8,683 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #68 | 6,772 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #83 | 5,768 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #89 | 5,326 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #93 | 5,034 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #109 | 3,893 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #118 | 3,543 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #120 | 3,185 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #134 | 2,642 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #150 | 2,137 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #148 | 2,057 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #150 | 1,967 | — | |
| 1948 | #158 | 1,801 | — | |
| 1947 | #176 | 1,648 | — | |
| 1946 | #192 | 1,278 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #193 | 1,057 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #200 | 1,008 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #215 | 933 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #201 | 1,016 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #215 | 822 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #234 | 726 | — | |
| 1939 | #229 | 734 | — | |
| 1938 | #233 | 717 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #214 | 784 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #253 | 595 | — | |
| 1935 | #252 | 618 | — | |
| 1934 | #250 | 627 | — | |
| 1933 | #252 | 577 | — | |
| 1932 | #252 | 608 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #242 | 619 | — | |
| 1930 | #244 | 639 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #233 | 676 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #259 | 621 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #272 | 601 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #278 | 572 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #281 | 560 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #267 | 600 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #249 | 666 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #258 | 641 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #255 | 671 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #255 | 665 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #251 | 654 | — | |
| 1918 | #238 | 721 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #226 | 742 | — | |
| 1916 | #229 | 716 | — | |
| 1915 | #225 | 698 | — | |
| 1914 | #212 | 590 | — | |
| 1913 | #228 | 447 | — | |
| 1912 | #223 | 398 | — | |
| 1911 | #231 | 292 | — | |
| 1910 | #239 | 260 | — | |
| 1909 | #248 | 204 | — | |
| 1908 | #260 | 183 | — | |
| 1907 | #261 | 174 | — | |
| 1906 | #301 | 123 | — | |
| 1905 | #270 | 148 | — | |
| 1904 | #286 | 124 | — | |
| 1903 | #267 | 132 | — | |
| 1902 | #291 | 116 | — | |
| 1901 | #317 | 89 | — | |
| 1900 | #327 | 107 | — | |
| 1899 | #336 | 80 | — | |
| 1898 | #317 | 98 | — | |
| 1897 | #298 | 95 | — | |
| 1896 | #370 | 60 | — | |
| 1895 | #342 | 70 | — | |
| 1894 | #345 | 64 | — | |
| 1893 | #327 | 67 | — | |
| 1892 | #335 | 63 | — | |
| 1891 | #475 | 29 | — | |
| 1890 | #373 | 45 | — | |
| 1889 | #371 | 42 | — | |
| 1888 | #431 | 33 | — | |
| 1887 | #372 | 33 | — | |
| 1886 | #439 | 24 | — | |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 | — | |
| 1884 | #449 | 20 | — | |
| 1883 | #397 | 22 | — | |
| 1882 | #360 | 24 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Angela was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Angela is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#36 · 1 in 146
- District of Columbia#36 · 1 in 152
- North Carolina#43 · 1 in 176
- Florida#48 · 1 in 222
- Alabama#50 · 1 in 208
Best ever in a state: #1 in Mississippi, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #36 | 89 | 1 in 152 |
| Georgia | #36 | 320 | 1 in 146 |
| North Carolina | #43 | 295 | 1 in 176 |
| Florida | #48 | 194 | 1 in 222 |
| Alabama | #50 | 176 | 1 in 208 |
| Tennessee | #51 | 175 | 1 in 219 |
| Virginia | #59 | 162 | 1 in 255 |
| South Carolina | #61 | 112 | 1 in 258 |
| Maryland | #64 | 110 | 1 in 268 |
| Arkansas | #67 | 60 | 1 in 315 |
| New Mexico | #70 | 41 | 1 in 268 |
| Louisiana | #74 | 124 | 1 in 318 |
| Missouri | #77 | 140 | 1 in 320 |
| Rhode Island | #79 | 23 | 1 in 365 |
| Kentucky | #82 | 97 | 1 in 346 |
| Indiana | #83 | 147 | 1 in 343 |
| Mississippi | #87 | 69 | 1 in 388 |
| Oklahoma | #89 | 53 | 1 in 421 |
| Kansas | #90 | 56 | 1 in 394 |
| New York | #90 | 463 | 1 in 356 |
| Alaska | #93 | 9 | 1 in 300 |
| Illinois | #93 | 260 | 1 in 403 |
| New Jersey | #93 | 140 | 1 in 394 |
| North Dakota | #94 | 17 | 1 in 396 |
| Texas | #98 | 257 | 1 in 447 |
| Ohio | #101 | 245 | 1 in 438 |
| Colorado | #102 | 45 | 1 in 417 |
| West Virginia | #102 | 43 | 1 in 463 |
| Connecticut | #103 | 50 | 1 in 471 |
| Michigan | #115 | 172 | 1 in 546 |
| Delaware | #118 | 9 | 1 in 495 |
| Wyoming | #118 | 7 | 1 in 419 |
| Nevada | #119 | 5 | 1 in 418 |
| California | #120 | 303 | 1 in 516 |
| Iowa | #123 | 51 | 1 in 555 |
| Pennsylvania | #128 | 202 | 1 in 573 |
| Arizona | #133 | 26 | 1 in 497 |
| Washington | #139 | 47 | 1 in 609 |
| Idaho | #142 | 12 | 1 in 523 |
| Massachusetts | #146 | 58 | 1 in 894 |
| Oregon | #148 | 24 | 1 in 672 |
| Wisconsin | #151 | 49 | 1 in 857 |
| Nebraska | #157 | 19 | 1 in 761 |
| Utah | #170 | 14 | 1 in 753 |
| Maine | #177 | 10 | 1 in 968 |
| South Dakota | #186 | 8 | 1 in 933 |
| Minnesota | #188 | 30 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Montana | #202 | 7 | 1 in 980 |
| Hawaii | #255 | 6 | 1 in 1,048 |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Angela
- 127 spots since 2024 (#281 → #408)
- 157 spots since 2020 (#251 → #408)
- 188 spots since 2015 (#220 → #408)
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1882 (#582 → #360)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2025 (#281 → #408)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1975 at #5 (23,361 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: 15 yrs · run 1965–1979
- Top 100: 47 yrs · run 1956–2002
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 62 girls born in 1975 were named Angela (1.6%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,101 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 33.5% of all girls named Angela (225,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 232 | #360 (1882) | #458 |
| 1890s | 671 | #298 (1897) | #352 |
| 1900s | 1,400 | #248 (1909) | #283 |
| 1910s | 5,518 | #212 (1914) | #230 |
| 1920s | 6,273 | #233 (1929) | #261 |
| 1930s | 6,518 | #214 (1937) | #242 |
| 1940s | 12,256 | #150 (1949) | #193 |
| 1950s | 40,357 | #68 (1959) | #111 |
| 1960s | 159,294 | #7 (1969) | #22 |
| 1970s | 225,262 | #5 (1975) | #6 |
| 1980s | 116,595 | #12 (1980) | #28 |
| 1990s | 45,171 | #52 (1990) | #79 |
| 2000s | 31,319 | #77 (2001) | #107 |
| 2010s | 15,494 | #160 (2010) | #212 |
| 2020s | 6,897 | #226 (2022) | #276 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Angela in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 399 of them was named Angela, which outranked 98.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 192,300 of them was named Angela, which outranked 44.0% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,361Winton12
- #2,361Wright12
- #2,361Zeb12
- #2,497Angela11
- #2,497Amon11
- #2,497Ancil11
- #2,497Anothony11
- #2,628Aldon10
- #2,628Alpha10
- #2,628Andreas10
Tied with 130 names at #2,497; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.