Girls' name · since 1895
Angella
3,581 babies named Angella in U.S. Social Security records since 1895, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,200 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,882 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,581
- born since 1895
- 1970s
- peak decade
Angella currently ranks #8882 among girls' names in America, with 3,581 babies recorded since 1895.
Angella has 3,581 recorded births among girls since 1895, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8882 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1895 to 2025.
- #3,200 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,882 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,581 born since 1895
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Angella ranks #3,200 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,882 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,581 born since 1895, peaking in the 1970s.
- #3,200 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,882 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,581
- born since 1895
- 1970s
- peak decade
Angella's 3,581 recorded births place it above 95.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Angella compares
3,581 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
Angella's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Angella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,581 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 149 | 21 | 19,840 |
Angella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Angella's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1895, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 149, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Angella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–2025
- Peak year (1971)
- 149
- Annual births at peak, across 131 years of records
Angella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,241 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Angella's strongest decade.
1,241 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Angella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 18
1900s
18 births
- 1910s 35
1910s
35 births
- 1920s 43
1920s
43 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 76
1940s
76 births
- 1950s 155
1950s
155 births
- 1960s
1960s
667 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,241 births
- 1980s
1980s
595 births
- 1990s 266
1990s
266 births
- 2000s 238
2000s
238 births
- 2010s 165
2010s
165 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,241 births (35% of all-time use).
How Angella 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 Angella's total volume
Angella by state
Where Angella concentrates geographically, total births since 1895
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 250 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 165 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 111 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 103 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 102 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 77 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Iowa | | 73 | 2.0% |
| #8 | New York | | 42 | 1.2% |
250 of 3,581 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Angella appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Angella's data
- Angella's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,241 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Angellas (250 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Angella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~130 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, 1895–2025 (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 Angella 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.