Angus — #2151 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Angus

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,692 babies named Angus between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Angus currently holds the #2151 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 126 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Angus performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,042 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Angus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 452 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Angus in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Angus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,692 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.