Meaning not yet researched.
Angel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,757 in 2025. Its best rank was #31 in 2006.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #31 in 2006; #67 in 2025. About 90% of babies named Angel in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#67 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2006, at #31.
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Angel: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,757 boys in 2025. Peak: #31 in 2006 · most boys in one year: 11,602 (2006).
In 2025, 4,757 US boys were named Angel, making it the 67th most common boys’ name of the year, down 4 places from #63 in 2024. That is 226 fewer than the 4,983 boys named Angel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #31, reached in 2006. That year also had the most boys given the name: 11,602. For comparison, it was #64 in 2015 and #435 in 1950.
In 2025, 551 US girls were named Angel, making it the 546th most common girls’ name of the year, down 50 places from #496 in 2024. That is 70 fewer than the 621 girls named Angel in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #104, reached in 2001. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,100, in 2002. For comparison, it was #284 in 2015 and #1,333 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Angel in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 8 babies. In all, 366,174 US babies have been given the name, 27% of them girls and 73% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 119,779 babies named Angel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 49,814 US boys were named Angel; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,564. In 2025 that was about 1 in 359 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Angel ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #18 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 23 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Angela (675,392 babies since 1880) and Angelo (86,956 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Angelle, Angele and Angell are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Angelle (1,917), Angele (1,546), Angell (636), Angelus (399), Anguel (213), Angeal (10), Angyl (10), Anghel (6), Angil (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Angel in the open dataset we use.
Angel is listed as a nickname for Angela, Angelica, Angelina.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 937 | #18 | #18 |
| Nevada | 73 | #18 | #19 |
| New Mexico | 45 | #19 | #36 |
| Arizona | 193 | #20 | #23 |
| California | 942 | #25 | #25 |
| Illinois | 181 | #52 | #50 |
| Oregon | 57 | #63 | #59 |
| Maryland | 83 | #64 | #103 |
| Florida | 311 | #65 | #71 |
| Delaware | 15 | #65 | #64 |
| Colorado | 89 | #65 | #76 |
| Washington | 105 | #67 | #87 |
| Kansas | 48 | #69 | #84 |
| Oklahoma | 56 | #70 | #78 |
| North Carolina | 147 | #82 | #100 |
| Georgia | 133 | #83 | #90 |
| Nebraska | 29 | #86 | #87 |
| South Carolina | 57 | #88 | #114 |
| Virginia | 97 | #89 | #100 |
| New Jersey | 108 | #89 | #58 |
| New York | 196 | #91 | #64 |
| Arkansas | 35 | #92 | #122 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #97 | #63 |
| Tennessee | 86 | #104 | #130 |
| Connecticut | 34 | #109 | #70 |
| South Dakota | 11 | #116 | — |
| Louisiana | 42 | #119 | #152 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | #122 | #125 |
| Utah | 43 | #123 | #65 |
| Indiana | 65 | #124 | #140 |
| Alabama | 43 | #125 | #131 |
| Iowa | 31 | #132 | #154 |
| Massachusetts | 50 | #143 | #106 |
| Wisconsin | 43 | #146 | #130 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #147 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 78 | #166 | #142 |
| Idaho | 16 | #167 | #135 |
| Mississippi | 18 | #173 | #334 |
| Minnesota | 35 | #186 | #218 |
| Kentucky | 30 | #187 | #306 |
| Ohio | 68 | #189 | #244 |
| Michigan | 51 | #197 | #288 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #207 | — |
| North Dakota | 5 | #228 | — |
| Missouri | 31 | #230 | #282 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 551 | #546 | 4,757 | #67 |
| 2024 | 621 | #496 | 4,983 | #63 |
| 2023 | 589 | #515 | 4,900 | #62 |
| 2022 | 608 | #515 | 5,105 | #62 |
| 2021 | 651 | #482 | 4,718 | #67 |
| 2020 | 704 | #436 | 4,527 | #76 |
| 2019 | 787 | #393 | 4,917 | #73 |
| 2018 | 855 | #369 | 5,065 | #72 |
| 2017 | 931 | #348 | 5,278 | #71 |
| 2016 | 1,018 | #321 | 5,564 | #70 |
| 2015 | 1,123 | #284 | 6,116 | #64 |
| 2014 | 1,202 | #274 | 6,314 | #67 |
| 2013 | 1,228 | #263 | 6,369 | #67 |
| 2012 | 1,408 | #226 | 7,024 | #57 |
| 2011 | 1,478 | #212 | 7,536 | #52 |
| 2010 | 1,612 | #193 | 8,776 | #42 |
| 2009 | 1,882 | #177 | 9,853 | #37 |
| 2008 | 2,127 | #159 | 10,357 | #36 |
| 2007 | 2,302 | #152 | 11,376 | #34 |
| 2006 | 2,226 | #159 | 11,602 | #31 |
| 2005 | 2,389 | #143 | 10,993 | #32 |
| 2004 | 2,614 | #127 | 9,516 | #44 |
| 2003 | 2,892 | #119 | 9,161 | #47 |
| 2002 | 3,100 | #109 | 8,192 | #49 |
| 2001 | 3,080 | #104 | 6,978 | #58 |
| 2000 | 2,833 | #119 | 6,306 | #67 |
| 1999 | 2,731 | #121 | 5,402 | #73 |
| 1998 | 2,384 | #138 | 4,772 | #81 |
| 1997 | 2,214 | #144 | 4,514 | #86 |
| 1996 | 1,939 | #162 | 3,913 | #102 |
| 1995 | 1,733 | #175 | 3,734 | #101 |
| 1994 | 1,674 | #176 | 3,477 | #104 |
| 1993 | 1,633 | #178 | 3,037 | #115 |
| 1992 | 1,696 | #180 | 3,049 | #114 |
| 1991 | 1,835 | #159 | 2,685 | #123 |
| 1990 | 1,662 | #174 | 2,407 | #133 |
| 1989 | 1,716 | #167 | 2,176 | #140 |
| 1988 | 1,704 | #166 | 1,828 | #151 |
| 1987 | 1,445 | #192 | 1,655 | #165 |
| 1986 | 1,583 | #171 | 1,651 | #163 |
| 1985 | 1,781 | #161 | 1,561 | #172 |
| 1984 | 1,685 | #162 | 1,418 | #179 |
| 1983 | 1,576 | #174 | 1,349 | #185 |
| 1982 | 1,744 | #166 | 1,442 | #181 |
| 1981 | 1,815 | #157 | 1,299 | #194 |
| 1980 | 1,687 | #169 | 1,419 | #172 |
| 1979 | 1,697 | #164 | 1,303 | #185 |
| 1978 | 1,935 | #141 | 1,249 | #189 |
| 1977 | 2,136 | #133 | 1,244 | #189 |
| 1976 | 1,642 | #156 | 1,139 | #197 |
| 1975 | 1,597 | #166 | 1,092 | #201 |
| 1974 | 1,449 | #183 | 1,111 | #198 |
| 1973 | 1,815 | #152 | 1,049 | #206 |
| 1972 | 1,946 | #145 | 954 | #225 |
| 1971 | 1,489 | #201 | 1,002 | #235 |
| 1970 | 1,108 | #270 | 1,035 | #229 |
| 1969 | 641 | #360 | 938 | #241 |
| 1968 | 504 | #416 | 833 | #248 |
| 1967 | 399 | #475 | 772 | #259 |
| 1966 | 438 | #446 | 766 | #262 |
| 1965 | 401 | #474 | 721 | #279 |
| 1964 | 424 | #472 | 697 | #300 |
| 1963 | 411 | #476 | 648 | #308 |
| 1962 | 450 | #453 | 696 | #294 |
| 1961 | 596 | #395 | 669 | #297 |
| 1960 | 268 | #610 | 664 | #299 |
| 1959 | 217 | #682 | 602 | #317 |
| 1958 | 189 | #717 | 529 | #334 |
| 1957 | 144 | #846 | 571 | #320 |
| 1956 | 123 | #903 | 496 | #334 |
| 1955 | 97 | #1,021 | 433 | #347 |
| 1954 | 92 | #1,021 | 441 | #339 |
| 1953 | 72 | #1,137 | 328 | #385 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,298 | 313 | #388 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,240 | 277 | #410 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,333 | 234 | #435 |
| 1949 | 52 | #1,267 | 185 | #486 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,250 | 225 | #442 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,438 | 171 | #518 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,396 | 137 | #545 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,699 | 125 | #533 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,456 | 114 | #575 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,305 | 117 | #587 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,474 | 106 | #611 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,166 | 107 | #575 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,846 | 90 | #626 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,684 | 86 | #636 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,116 | 91 | #622 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,455 | 103 | #567 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,266 | 97 | #586 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,102 | 94 | #598 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,193 | 119 | #539 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,166 | 100 | #577 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,757 | 125 | #515 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,878 | 107 | #570 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,750 | 166 | #459 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,441 | 131 | #512 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,962 | 136 | #517 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,938 | 131 | #536 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,004 | 130 | #533 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,024 | 122 | #559 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,994 | 112 | #603 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,092 | 82 | #718 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,783 | 90 | #686 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,200 | 70 | #815 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,736 | 85 | #699 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,018 | 70 | #775 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,527 | 55 | #894 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,705 | 55 | #860 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,137 | 63 | #772 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,700 | 30 | #1,182 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,898 | 37 | #899 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,552 | 30 | #898 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,162 | 26 | #876 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #983 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #862 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,972 | 10 | #952 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,685 | 9 | #949 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,837 | 9 | #933 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #860 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,111 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,502 | — | — |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #976 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,007 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #757 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).