Anjel
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to boys 74.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 68 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,188since 1954
Anjel over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,570 | 22 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | — | #4,226 | 24 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #3,234 | 34 |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #2,798 | 42 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #2,402 | 52 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #2,237 | 59 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | #2,304 | 56 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #2,062 | 64 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #1,983 | 63 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #1,764 | 68 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #2,306 | 43 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
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| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #4,230 | 6 |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five boys were named Anjel! It came in at #3,827, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Anjel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Anjel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Anjel
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,544 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2003 at #1,764 (68 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 29,049
- Highest: 1 in 29,049 boys born in 2003 were named Anjel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 42.1% of all boys named Anjel (500) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1989
- Mostly girls until 1988, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,827 (1954) | #3,827 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,065 (1961) | #4,065 |
| 1970s | 41 | #3,445 (1973) | #4,866 |
| 1980s | 57 | #3,201 (1987) | #5,238 |
| 1990s | 194 | #2,838 (1996) | #3,502 |
| 2000s | 500 | #1,764 (2003) | #2,389 |
| 2010s | 297 | #2,402 (2010) | #3,844 |
| 2020s | 89 | #4,570 (2022) | #6,114 |
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.
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