Angel
Angel is given to both girls and boys: 551 girls and 4,757 boys were given it in 2025 (#546 among girls’ names and #67 among boys’, #97 among all names counting both); 366,174 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Angel every year since 1986.
An estimated 351,000 Americans named Angel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 15 and 33.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Angel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Angel mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Angel is “a male given name”
Also “a male given name, variant of Angelo”
/ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Angel?
#67 among boys’ names, 2025
Angel fell from #64 in 2015 to #67 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.2 to 2.8 per 1,000.
13,828 babies in 2006, the peak
Angel peaked in 2006, when 13,828 babies were given it (11,602 boys, #31 among boys’ names). The 5,308 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 38% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| 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 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | #716 | 529 | #334 |
| 1957 | 144 | #845 | 571 | #320 |
| 1956 | 123 | #902 | 496 | #334 |
| 1955 | 97 | #1,020 | 433 | #346 |
| 1954 | 92 | #1,020 | 441 | #338 |
| 1953 | 72 | #1,136 | 328 | #384 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,297 | 313 | #387 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,239 | 277 | #409 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,332 | 234 | #434 |
| 1949 | 52 | #1,266 | 185 | #485 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,249 | 225 | #442 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,437 | 171 | #518 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,395 | 137 | #545 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,698 | 125 | #533 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,455 | 114 | #575 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,304 | 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 | #2,454 | 103 | #567 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,265 | 97 | #586 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,101 | 94 | #598 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,192 | 119 | #539 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,165 | 100 | #577 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,756 | 125 | #515 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,877 | 107 | #570 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,749 | 166 | #459 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,440 | 131 | #512 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,961 | 136 | #517 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,937 | 131 | #536 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,003 | 130 | #533 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,023 | 122 | #559 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,993 | 112 | #603 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,092 | 82 | #718 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,781 | 90 | #686 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,200 | 70 | #815 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,736 | 85 | #699 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,016 | 70 | #775 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,526 | 55 | #894 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,704 | 55 | #860 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,137 | 63 | #772 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,699 | 30 | #1,182 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,897 | 37 | #899 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,550 | 30 | #898 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,161 | 26 | #876 |
| 1911 | under 5 | 12 | #982 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 13 | #862 | |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,972 | 10 | #952 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,685 | 9 | #949 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,836 | 9 | #932 |
| 1900 | under 5 | 6 | #1,169 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 7 | #859 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 5 | #1,110 | |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,501 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 5 | #975 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 5 | #1,007 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 8 | #757 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Angel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 366,174 Americans recorded as Angel, 27% are girls and 73% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Angel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Angel, and how old are they?
351,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 366,174 Americans ever recorded as Angel. The median Angel alive today is 22 years old; half are between 15 and 33.
The 2020 Census counted 348,575 people named Angel (84,489 women and girls, 264,086 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 323,425 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 503 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8,680 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 34,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 61,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 167,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 78,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Angel born?
The states with the most babies named Angel are Texas, California and Florida, with 45% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,012 | #18 | 1.6× |
| California | 996 | #25 | 1.9× |
| Florida | 348 | #65 | 0.9× |
| New York | 210 | #91 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 201 | #52 | 1.1× |
| Arizona | 199 | #20 | 1.9× |
| North Carolina | 170 | #82 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 162 | #83 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 120 | #89 | 1.0× |
| Washington | 116 | #67 | 0.7× |
Where Angel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Angel is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Angel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 367,023 babies since 1880, Angel is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5,308 of their 5,308 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Angel and names like it
- Compare Angel and AngellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAngel peaked in 2006.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Angel since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Angel: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Angel.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Angel alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.