Angus
Angus was given to 58 boys in 2025, #2,363 among boys’ names; 6,751 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,320 Americans named Angus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 25 years old and half are between 14 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Angus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Angus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Angus is “a male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.” Its etymology gives the sense “one choice” (literally).
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally “one choice”.
/ˈæŋ.ɡəs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Angus?
#2,363 among boys’ names, 2025
Angus fell from #1,741 in 2015 to #2,363 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 45.9 to 34.0 per million.
126 babies in 2006, the peak
Angus peaked in 2006, when 126 boys were given it, #1,307 among boys’ names. The 58 births of 2025 are 46% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,136 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 77 | #1,986 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 86 | #1,854 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,226 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,026 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 84 | #1,816 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 84 | #1,808 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 95 | #1,661 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 76 | #1,921 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | #1,741 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 108 | #1,492 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 82 | #1,762 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 84 | #1,775 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 68 | #1,999 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 87 | #1,739 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 112 | #1,487 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 91 | #1,679 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,496 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 126 | #1,307 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,471 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,392 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 109 | #1,290 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 83 | #1,503 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,158 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,338 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 95 | #1,280 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 96 | #1,260 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,249 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,118 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,322 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,380 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,488 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,568 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 61 | #1,446 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,008 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,654 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,813 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,761 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,790 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,774 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,577 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,712 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,620 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,656 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,464 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,838 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,287 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,625 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,280 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,589 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 27 | #1,551 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,360 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,264 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,678 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,345 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,316 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,198 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,199 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,282 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,226 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,295 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,182 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,109 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 50 | #988 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,212 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 42 | #986 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,137 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,019 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,119 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,005 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,007 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,121 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,033 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,170 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 45 | #942 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,056 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 52 | #889 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,007 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 64 | #818 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 69 | #799 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 88 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 63 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 61 | #886 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 72 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 68 | #818 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 69 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 61 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 72 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 67 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 54 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 63 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 72 | #682 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 59 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 38 | #760 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 28 | #835 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 23 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 20 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 20 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,119 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 11 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 11 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 11 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 17 | #540 | 0.13 |
| 1903 | 13 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 15 | #556 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 9 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 14 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 13 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 15 | #516 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 14 | #553 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 10 | #652 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 14 | #549 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 11 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 21 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 14 | #500 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 14 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 16 | #421 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 15 | #471 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 14 | #498 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 15 | #488 | 0.13 |
| 1883 | 17 | #433 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 24 | #365 | 0.21 |
| 1881 | 9 | #597 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 17 | #426 | 0.15 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Angus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Angus has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Angus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Angus, and how old are they?
4,320 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 6,751 Americans ever recorded as Angus. The median Angus alive today is 25 years old; half are between 14 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 4,664 people named Angus (29 women and girls, 4,635 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,137 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 135 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 432 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 414 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 763 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,540 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,030 |
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 Angus born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 6 | #1,587 | 0.8× |
| Utah | 5 | #707 | 0.2× |
Where Angus is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Angus is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 1.4 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 Angus 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 6,958 babies since 1880, Angus is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 58 of their 64 babies (91%), 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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Angus
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Angus and names like it
- Compare Angus and AengusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAngus peaked in 2006.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Angus since 1910.
- Scottish Gaelic namesWiktionary’s origin for Angus: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Angus.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Angus alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.