Meaning not yet researched.
Angus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 58 in 2025. Its best rank was #365 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #365 in 1882; #2,363 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Angus in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,363 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #365.
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Angus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 58 boys in 2025. Peak: #365 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 126 (2006).
In 2025, 58 US boys were named Angus, making it the 2,363rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 227 places from #2,136 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 69 boys named Angus in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #365, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 126, in 2006. For comparison, it was #1,741 in 2015 and #1,183 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Angus in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 6,751 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 1,042 babies named Angus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 762 US boys were named Angus; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 95. In 2025 that was about 1 in 29,450 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Angus ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #707 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Aengus and Anges 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 English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Aengus (207), Anges (34).
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 Angus in the open dataset we use.
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 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 5 | #707 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,587 | #898 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | — | — | 69 | #2,136 |
| 2023 | — | — | 77 | #1,987 |
| 2022 | — | — | 86 | #1,854 |
| 2021 | — | — | 63 | #2,227 |
| 2020 | — | — | 70 | #2,026 |
| 2019 | — | — | 84 | #1,816 |
| 2018 | — | — | 84 | #1,809 |
| 2017 | — | — | 95 | #1,661 |
| 2016 | — | — | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | — | — | 88 | #1,741 |
| 2014 | — | — | 108 | #1,492 |
| 2013 | — | — | 82 | #1,763 |
| 2012 | — | — | 84 | #1,776 |
| 2011 | — | — | 68 | #2,000 |
| 2010 | — | — | 87 | #1,740 |
| 2009 | — | — | 112 | #1,488 |
| 2008 | — | — | 91 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | — | — | 106 | #1,496 |
| 2006 | — | — | 126 | #1,307 |
| 2005 | — | — | 99 | #1,472 |
| 2004 | — | — | 102 | #1,394 |
| 2003 | — | — | 109 | #1,291 |
| 2002 | — | — | 83 | #1,506 |
| 2001 | — | — | 119 | #1,160 |
| 2000 | — | — | 95 | #1,341 |
| 1999 | — | — | 95 | #1,283 |
| 1998 | — | — | 96 | #1,263 |
| 1997 | — | — | 92 | #1,252 |
| 1996 | — | — | 106 | #1,120 |
| 1995 | — | — | 78 | #1,327 |
| 1994 | — | — | 71 | #1,384 |
| 1993 | — | — | 62 | #1,493 |
| 1992 | — | — | 56 | #1,573 |
| 1991 | — | — | 61 | #1,452 |
| 1990 | — | — | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1989 | — | — | 47 | #1,659 |
| 1988 | — | — | 37 | #1,818 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,763 |
| 1986 | — | — | 34 | #1,792 |
| 1985 | — | — | 36 | #1,698 |
| 1984 | — | — | 31 | #1,796 |
| 1983 | — | — | 37 | #1,595 |
| 1982 | — | — | 32 | #1,775 |
| 1981 | — | — | 38 | #1,578 |
| 1980 | — | — | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1978 | — | — | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | — | — | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | — | — | 27 | #1,828 |
| 1975 | — | — | 34 | #1,530 |
| 1974 | — | — | 30 | #1,620 |
| 1973 | — | — | 28 | #1,656 |
| 1972 | — | — | 31 | #1,535 |
| 1971 | — | — | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | — | — | 33 | #1,462 |
| 1969 | — | — | 30 | #1,464 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1967 | — | — | 34 | #1,288 |
| 1966 | — | — | 24 | #1,580 |
| 1965 | — | — | 23 | #1,626 |
| 1964 | — | — | 30 | #1,435 |
| 1963 | — | — | 37 | #1,281 |
| 1962 | — | — | 25 | #1,590 |
| 1961 | — | — | 27 | #1,552 |
| 1960 | — | — | 34 | #1,361 |
| 1959 | — | — | 38 | #1,265 |
| 1958 | — | — | 22 | #1,679 |
| 1957 | — | — | 34 | #1,346 |
| 1956 | — | — | 34 | #1,317 |
| 1955 | — | — | 39 | #1,199 |
| 1954 | — | — | 39 | #1,200 |
| 1953 | — | — | 34 | #1,283 |
| 1952 | — | — | 36 | #1,227 |
| 1951 | — | — | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1950 | — | — | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1949 | — | — | 40 | #1,110 |
| 1948 | — | — | 50 | #989 |
| 1947 | — | — | 36 | #1,213 |
| 1946 | — | — | 41 | #1,076 |
| 1945 | — | — | 42 | #986 |
| 1944 | — | — | 34 | #1,137 |
| 1943 | — | — | 43 | #1,019 |
| 1942 | — | — | 37 | #1,119 |
| 1941 | — | — | 41 | #1,005 |
| 1940 | — | — | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1939 | — | — | 33 | #1,121 |
| 1938 | — | — | 40 | #1,010 |
| 1937 | — | — | 38 | #1,033 |
| 1936 | — | — | 32 | #1,170 |
| 1935 | — | — | 31 | #1,197 |
| 1934 | — | — | 45 | #942 |
| 1933 | — | — | 37 | #1,079 |
| 1932 | — | — | 40 | #1,056 |
| 1931 | — | — | 52 | #889 |
| 1930 | — | — | 46 | #1,007 |
| 1929 | — | — | 45 | #1,011 |
| 1928 | — | — | 64 | #818 |
| 1927 | — | — | 69 | #799 |
| 1926 | — | — | 88 | #676 |
| 1925 | — | — | 63 | #835 |
| 1924 | — | — | 61 | #886 |
| 1923 | — | — | 72 | #777 |
| 1922 | — | — | 68 | #818 |
| 1921 | — | — | 69 | #826 |
| 1920 | — | — | 61 | #877 |
| 1919 | — | — | 72 | #761 |
| 1918 | — | — | 67 | #796 |
| 1917 | — | — | 54 | #864 |
| 1916 | — | — | 63 | #773 |
| 1915 | — | — | 72 | #682 |
| 1914 | — | — | 59 | #659 |
| 1913 | — | — | 38 | #760 |
| 1912 | — | — | 28 | #835 |
| 1911 | — | — | 23 | #646 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #655 |
| 1909 | — | — | 20 | #590 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,120 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #819 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #754 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #743 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #540 |
| 1903 | — | — | 13 | #621 |
| 1902 | — | — | 15 | #557 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #731 |
| 1900 | — | — | 14 | #680 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | — | — | 13 | #611 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #516 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #553 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | — | — | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #652 |
| 1892 | — | — | 14 | #549 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #565 |
| 1890 | — | — | 21 | #390 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #500 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #529 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #421 |
| 1886 | — | — | 15 | #471 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #498 |
| 1884 | — | — | 15 | #488 |
| 1883 | — | — | 17 | #433 |
| 1882 | — | — | 24 | #365 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #597 |
| 1880 | — | — | 17 | #426 |
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).