Anjel
Anjel was given to 9 boys in 2025, #8,301 among boys’ names; 1,591 Americans have been recorded with it since 1954 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,560 Americans named Anjel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 16 and 28.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Anjel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Anjel?
#8,301 among boys’ names, 2025
Anjel fell from #3,885 in 2015 to #8,301 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 14.1 to 5.3 per million.
83 babies in 2003, the peak
Anjel peaked in 2003, when 83 babies were given it (68 boys, #1,761 among boys’ names). The 9 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 9 | #8,301 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 13 | #6,485 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 15 | #5,946 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 22 | #4,575 | |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,470 | 15 | #5,782 |
| 2020 | under 5 | 15 | #5,717 | |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,743 | 17 | #5,350 |
| 2018 | under 5 | 24 | #4,229 | |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,100 | 20 | #4,752 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,475 | 19 | #4,955 |
Every recorded year (54)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,648 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,742 | 34 | #3,235 |
| 2013 | under 5 | 30 | #3,500 | |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,767 | 32 | #3,375 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,270 | 42 | #2,800 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,280 | 52 | #2,403 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,038 | 48 | #2,585 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,822 | 59 | #2,237 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,340 | 56 | #2,307 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,759 | 64 | #2,061 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,935 | 63 | #1,981 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,603 | 38 | #2,740 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,240 | 68 | #1,761 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,070 | 35 | #2,686 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,840 | 43 | #2,304 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,322 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,506 | 24 | #3,277 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,088 | 21 | #3,490 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,783 | 24 | #3,061 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,654 | 26 | #2,836 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,554 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,162 | 17 | #3,750 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,768 | 17 | #3,660 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,549 | 14 | #4,114 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,377 | 20 | #3,103 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 13 | #4,174 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,926 | 10 | #4,821 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,437 | 5 | #7,331 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 15 | #3,203 | |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,637 | 7 | #5,356 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,378 | 9 | #4,341 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,508 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 6 | #5,514 | |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,473 | 5 | #6,301 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,076 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,838 | 6 | #5,091 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,487 | 5 | #5,878 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 5 | #5,626 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 9 | #3,457 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 5 | #5,019 | |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,419 | 5 | #4,950 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,839 | 6 | #4,245 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 5 | #4,088 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 5 | #3,845 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Anjel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,591 Americans recorded as Anjel, 25% are girls and 75% boys. In 2025 it went to 9 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Anjel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Anjel, and how old are they?
1,560 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 1,591 Americans ever recorded as Anjel. The median Anjel alive today is 21 years old; half are between 16 and 28.
The 2020 Census counted 1,324 people named Anjel (497 women and girls, 827 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,476 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 75 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 250 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 935 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 289 |
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 Anjel born?
The states with the most babies named Anjel are California, Texas and Georgia, with 100% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 194 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 127 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 13 | not ranked | 0.3× |
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 Anjel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Anjel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1950-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Nery | 1,850 |
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 Anjel and names like it
- Compare Anjel and NeryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAnjel peaked in 2003.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Anjel since 1910.
- The top names of 2003The year the most babies were named Anjel.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Anjel alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.