Angus
#2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,751since 1880
Angus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Angus has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,363 | 58 |
| 2024 | #2,133 | 69 |
| 2023 | #1,986 | 77 |
| 2022 | #1,852 | 86 |
| 2021 | #2,225 | 63 |
| 2020 | #2,024 | 70 |
| 2019 | #1,816 | 84 |
| 2018 | #1,809 | 84 |
| 2017 | #1,661 | 95 |
| 2016 | #1,921 | 76 |
| 2015 | #1,740 | 88 |
| 2014 | #1,492 | 108 |
| 2013 | #1,763 | 82 |
| 2012 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2011 | #1,999 | 68 |
| 2010 | #1,739 | 87 |
| 2009 | #1,488 | 112 |
| 2008 | #1,679 | 91 |
| 2007 | #1,496 | 106 |
| 2006 | #1,306 | 126 |
| 2005 | #1,471 | 99 |
| 2004 | #1,394 | 102 |
| 2003 | #1,291 | 109 |
| 2002 | #1,505 | 83 |
| 2001 | #1,160 | 119 |
| 2000 | #1,341 | 95 |
| 1999 | #1,283 | 95 |
| 1998 | #1,261 | 96 |
| 1997 | #1,251 | 92 |
| 1996 | #1,120 | 106 |
| 1995 | #1,327 | 78 |
| 1994 | #1,383 | 71 |
| 1993 | #1,493 | 62 |
| 1992 | #1,572 | 56 |
| 1991 | #1,452 | 61 |
| 1990 | #2,012 | 37 |
| 1989 | #1,658 | 47 |
| 1988 | #1,815 | 37 |
| 1987 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | #1,791 | 34 |
| 1985 | #1,698 | 36 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #1,594 | 37 |
| 1982 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #1,577 | 38 |
| 1980 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #1,834 | 28 |
| 1977 | #1,823 | 28 |
| 1976 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #1,530 | 34 |
| 1974 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #1,535 | 31 |
| 1971 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1970 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #1,580 | 24 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1960 | #1,359 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,265 | 38 |
| 1958 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,317 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,198 | 39 |
| 1954 | #1,200 | 39 |
| 1953 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #989 | 50 |
| 1947 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #986 | 42 |
| 1944 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #1,018 | 43 |
| 1942 | #1,119 | 37 |
| 1941 | #1,004 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1939 | #1,120 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,009 | 40 |
| 1937 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #942 | 45 |
| 1933 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | #887 | 52 |
| 1930 | #1,007 | 46 |
| 1929 | #1,010 | 45 |
| 1928 | #818 | 64 |
| 1927 | #799 | 69 |
| 1926 | #676 | 88 |
| 1925 | #835 | 63 |
| 1924 | #886 | 61 |
| 1923 | #777 | 72 |
| 1922 | #818 | 68 |
| 1921 | #825 | 69 |
| 1920 | #877 | 61 |
| 1919 | #760 | 72 |
| 1918 | #796 | 67 |
| 1917 | #864 | 54 |
| 1916 | #771 | 63 |
| 1915 | #681 | 72 |
| 1914 | #658 | 59 |
| 1913 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #644 | 23 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #590 | 20 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #538 | 17 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #556 | 15 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #680 | 14 |
| 1899 | #457 | 17 |
| 1898 | #611 | 13 |
| 1897 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #551 | 14 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #547 | 14 |
| 1891 | #564 | 11 |
| 1890 | #389 | 21 |
| 1889 | #498 | 14 |
| 1888 | #528 | 14 |
| 1887 | #420 | 16 |
| 1886 | #470 | 15 |
| 1885 | #498 | 14 |
| 1884 | #488 | 15 |
| 1883 | #433 | 17 |
| 1882 | #365 | 24 |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #425 | 17 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Angus was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Angus is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Florida#233 · 1 in 1,680
- Massachusetts#318 · 1 in 5,697
- Virginia#402 · 1 in 4,922
- Alabama#404 · 1 in 3,725
- Georgia#452 · 1 in 5,199
Best ever in a state: #129 in Vermont, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #233 | 6 | 1 in 1,680 |
| Massachusetts | #318 | 6 | 1 in 5,697 |
| Virginia | #402 | 5 | 1 in 4,922 |
| Alabama | #404 | 7 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Georgia | #452 | 6 | 1 in 5,199 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 230 spots since 2024 (#2,133 → #2,363)
- 339 spots since 2020 (#2,024 → #2,363)
- 623 spots since 2015 (#1,740 → #2,363)
- Biggest jump: 523 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #590)
- Biggest drop: 298 spots in 1908 (#815 → #1,113)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #365 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1880–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,737
- Highest: 1 in 4,737 boys born in 1882 were named Angus (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 15.4% of all boys named Angus (1,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 155 | #365 (1882) | #472 |
| 1890s | 143 | #389 (1890) | #538 |
| 1900s | 128 | #538 (1904) | #713 |
| 1910s | 496 | #644 (1911) | #742 |
| 1920s | 660 | #676 (1926) | #832 |
| 1930s | 394 | #887 (1931) | #1,049 |
| 1940s | 405 | #986 (1945) | #1,066 |
| 1950s | 345 | #1,181 (1950) | #1,299 |
| 1960s | 283 | #1,279 (1963) | #1,500 |
| 1970s | 307 | #1,441 (1971) | #1,644 |
| 1980s | 360 | #1,577 (1981) | #1,727 |
| 1990s | 754 | #1,120 (1996) | #1,415 |
| 2000s | 1,042 | #1,160 (2001) | #1,413 |
| 2010s | 856 | #1,492 (2014) | #1,772 |
| 2020s | 423 | #1,852 (2022) | #2,097 |
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.
Angus in 1921
boys
#825
69 births · 1 in 15,963 boys
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 15,963 of them was named Angus, which outranked 83.5% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).