Girls' name · since 1880

Angie

65,665 babies named Angie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#593
among girls today
65,665
born since 1880
1970s
peak decade
97%
more common than other girls

Yes -- Angie is the #593 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 65,665 recorded since 1880.

Angie has 65,665 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #593 as of the latest data, more common than 97% 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 1880 to 2025.

  • #593 among girls today
  • 65,665 born since 1880
  • 1970s peak decade
  • 97% more common than other girls

Data updated Jun 2026

The verdict

Angie is currently the #593 girls' name in America, more common than 97% of girls - 65,665 born since 1880, peaking in the 1970s.

#593
among girls today
65,665
born since 1880
1970s
peak decade
97%
more common than other girls

Angie vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings

0%100%Median name50%96.6%
Angie vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#593
of 17,726 girls in use

More common than 97% of names given to girls today.

1970s
Peak decade

21% of everyone ever named Angie was born in this single decade.

1975
Single peak year

1,948 babies were named Angie in 1975 - its busiest year on record.

How Angie compares

65,665 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,726 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

Angie's all-time total is 172x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Angie Median girls name (Emerly) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 65,665 382 567,345
Peak-year births 1,948 48 19,840

Angie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Angie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1885, with just 29 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 1,948 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Angie at a glance

Top 1,000 girls' name

Total births

65,665

Since 1880

146 years of records

Peak year

1975

1,948 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

#593

Among girls

As of 2025

Active since

1880

Recorded for 146 years

Last year on file: 2025

Angie popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025

Top 1,000 girls' name
Peak year (1975)
1,948
Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
-50005001,0001,5002,0002,500 188018991918193719561975199420132025 399

Angie popularity over time - boys

131 total births recorded since 1939 (Angie as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 131 births
4681012 1939196119701975198119882002 5

Angie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1970s was Angie's strongest decade.

13,784 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.

Angie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1970s at 13,784 births (21% of all-time use).

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

How Angie 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 Angie's total volume

Angie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Angie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10% 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 Angie
Angie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Angie by state

Where Angie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Angie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
9,864 15.0%
#2 Texas
7,813 11.9%
#3 New York
3,612 5.5%
#4 Florida
2,752 4.2%
#5 Georgia
2,311 3.5%
#6 Illinois
2,261 3.4%
#7 North Carolina
2,145 3.3%
#8 Ohio
2,060 3.1%
California share of Angie's total US births 15.0%
Even split

9,864 of 65,665 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.

Angie appears in 50 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Angie?
Angie has been given to 65,665 babies in the U.S. since 1880, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #593 as of the latest data. 1,948 babies were born in 1975, its single highest year.
When was Angie most popular?
Angie was most popular in the 1970s decade with 13,784 total births. The single peak year was 1975.
Where is Angie most popular?
The top states for the name Angie are California (9,864 births), Texas (7,813 births), New York (3,612 births).
How long has the name Angie been used?
Angie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 146 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Angie?
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 Angie's data

  • Angie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (13,784 total births); usage has since declined to 2,527 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Angies (9,864 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

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

Data Sources

Data as of June 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, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

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

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Angie: #593 Girls' Name - 65,665 Births, Peak 1975." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/angie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Angie 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 June 2026.