Girls' name · since 1932

Angeles

3,421 babies named Angeles in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#3,307 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,595 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
3,421
born since 1932
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Angeles is the #3595 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,421 recorded since 1932.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Angeles has been recorded 3,421 times among girls since 1932, currently ranked #3595 nationally and more common than 79% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1932 to 2025.

  • #3,307 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #3,595 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 3,421 born since 1932
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Angeles ranks #3,307 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,595 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,421 born since 1932, peaking in the 2000s.

#3,307 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,595 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
3,421
born since 1932
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%79.2%
Angeles vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Angeles's 3,421 recorded births place it above 95.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

17 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Angeles compares

3,421 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Angeles's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Angeles Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 3,421 376 567,345
Peak-year births 253 21 19,840

Angeles's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Angeles's full recorded timeline at 1988, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 253 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Angeles popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2003)
253
Annual births at peak, across 94 years of records
0100200300 193219581970198119912001201120212025 42

Angeles popularity over time - boys

77 total births recorded since 1998 (Angeles as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 77 births
4681012 19982000200120022003200420052008201420192021 6

Angeles by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (1,619 births, 47% of the file).

2000s was Angeles's strongest decade.

1,619 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Angeles births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,619 births (47% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Angeles compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Angeles's total volume

Angeles vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10%12% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -144, 5%-134, 1.8%-26, 10.8%-66, 9.4%-34, 6.4%-71, 4.6%-65, 4.4%-107, 2.2%-80, 7.4%-146, 2.1%-106, 2.5%-46, 7.4%-146, 3.5%-66, 2.6%-76, 5.1%Angeles-94, 7.4%Angeles
Angeles vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Angeles by state

Where Angeles concentrates geographically, total births since 1932

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Angeles
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
893 26.1%
#2 Texas
556 16.3%
#3 Illinois
149 4.4%
#4 New York
97 2.8%
#5 Florida
85 2.5%
#6 Arizona
75 2.2%
#7 Georgia
52 1.5%
#8 North Carolina
42 1.2%
California share of Angeles's total US births 26.1%
Even split

893 of 3,421 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.

Angeles appears in 17 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Angeles?
3,421 babies have been named Angeles since 1932. All-time, it sits at #3,307 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #3,595 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2003 with 253 births.
Where does Angeles sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Angeles ranks #3,307 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,595 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Angeles most popular?
Angeles was most popular in the 2000s decade with 1,619 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Angeles most popular?
The top states for the name Angeles are California (893 births), Texas (556 births), Illinois (149 births).
How long has the name Angeles been used?
The SSA has tracked Angeles since 1932 -- 94 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Angeles?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Angela, Angelina, Angel, Angelica, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Angeles's data

  • Angeles's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,619 total births); usage has since declined to 256 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Angeless (893 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Angeles

Nearby Names Like Angeles

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Angeles

Names with a similar popularity rank to Angeles

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Angeles: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1932–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Angeles draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.