Unisex name · since 1955
Angell
478 babies named Angell in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 478
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Angell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 478 have been recorded since 1955.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Angell has been recorded 478 times among girls since 1955, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1955 to 2024.
- #12,180 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 478 born since 1955
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Angell ranks #12,180 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 478 born since 1955, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 478
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Angell's 478 recorded births place it above 83.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Angell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Angell's full recorded timeline at 1989, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1955, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Angell popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2024
- Peak year (1980)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Angell popularity over time - boys
158 total births recorded since 1994 (Angell as boys' name)
Angell by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (109 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Angell's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Angell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 41
1960s
41 births
- 1970s
1970s
104 births
- 1980s
1980s
96 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s
2000s
109 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 109 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Angell's data
- Angell's decade-level peak was the 2000s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Angell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~69 yrs)
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, 1955–2024 (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 Angell 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.