Boys' name · since 2006
Engel
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 55 babies named Engel, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,504 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,259 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 55
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Engel currently ranks #10259 among boys' names in America, with 55 babies recorded since 2006.
Engel has 55 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10259 as of the latest data, more common than 26% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #21,504 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,259 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 55 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Engel ranks #21,504 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,259 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 55 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,504 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,259 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 55
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Engel's 55 recorded births place it above 52.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Engel compares
55 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Engel's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Engel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 55 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Engel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Engel's full recorded timeline at 2020, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Engel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Engel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Engel's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Engel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (58% of all-time use).
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Engel 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.