Angel
#546 for girls in 2025, 551 births · #67 for boys in 2025, 4,757 births
Given to boys 72.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 11,602 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 29 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 265,886since 1888
Angel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #546 | 551 | #67 | 4,757 |
| 2024 | #495 | 621 | #63 | 4,983 |
| 2023 | #515 | 589 | #62 | 4,900 |
| 2022 | #515 | 608 | #62 | 5,105 |
| 2021 | #482 | 651 | #67 | 4,718 |
| 2020 | #436 | 704 | #76 | 4,527 |
| 2019 | #393 | 787 | #73 | 4,917 |
| 2018 | #368 | 855 | #72 | 5,065 |
| 2017 | #348 | 931 | #71 | 5,278 |
| 2016 | #321 | 1,018 | #70 | 5,564 |
| 2015 | #284 | 1,123 | #64 | 6,116 |
| 2014 | #274 | 1,202 | #67 | 6,314 |
| 2013 | #263 | 1,228 | #67 | 6,369 |
| 2012 | #226 | 1,408 | #57 | 7,024 |
| 2011 | #212 | 1,478 | #52 | 7,536 |
| 2010 | #193 | 1,612 | #42 | 8,776 |
| 2009 | #177 | 1,882 | #37 | 9,853 |
| 2008 | #159 | 2,127 | #36 | 10,357 |
| 2007 | #152 | 2,302 | #34 | 11,376 |
| 2006 | #159 | 2,226 | #31 | 11,602 |
| 2005 | #143 | 2,389 | #32 | 10,993 |
| 2004 | #127 | 2,614 | #44 | 9,516 |
| 2003 | #119 | 2,892 | #47 | 9,161 |
| 2002 | #109 | 3,100 | #49 | 8,192 |
| 2001 | #104 | 3,080 | #58 | 6,978 |
| 2000 | #119 | 2,833 | #67 | 6,306 |
| 1999 | #121 | 2,731 | #73 | 5,402 |
| 1998 | #138 | 2,384 | #81 | 4,772 |
| 1997 | #144 | 2,214 | #86 | 4,514 |
| 1996 | #162 | 1,939 | #102 | 3,913 |
| 1995 | #175 | 1,733 | #101 | 3,734 |
| 1994 | #176 | 1,674 | #104 | 3,477 |
| 1993 | #178 | 1,633 | #115 | 3,037 |
| 1992 | #180 | 1,696 | #114 | 3,049 |
| 1991 | #159 | 1,835 | #123 | 2,685 |
| 1990 | #174 | 1,662 | #133 | 2,407 |
| 1989 | #167 | 1,716 | #140 | 2,176 |
| 1988 | #166 | 1,704 | #151 | 1,828 |
| 1987 | #192 | 1,445 | #165 | 1,655 |
| 1986 | #171 | 1,583 | #163 | 1,651 |
| 1985 | #161 | 1,781 | #172 | 1,561 |
| 1984 | #162 | 1,685 | #179 | 1,418 |
| 1983 | #174 | 1,576 | #185 | 1,349 |
| 1982 | #166 | 1,744 | #181 | 1,442 |
| 1981 | #157 | 1,815 | #194 | 1,299 |
| 1980 | #169 | 1,687 | #172 | 1,419 |
| 1979 | #164 | 1,697 | #185 | 1,303 |
| 1978 | #141 | 1,935 | #189 | 1,249 |
| 1977 | #133 | 2,136 | #189 | 1,244 |
| 1976 | #156 | 1,642 | #197 | 1,139 |
| 1975 | #166 | 1,597 | #201 | 1,092 |
| 1974 | #183 | 1,449 | #198 | 1,111 |
| 1973 | #152 | 1,815 | #206 | 1,049 |
| 1972 | #145 | 1,946 | #225 | 954 |
| 1971 | #201 | 1,489 | #235 | 1,002 |
| 1970 | #270 | 1,108 | #229 | 1,035 |
| 1969 | #360 | 641 | #241 | 938 |
| 1968 | #416 | 504 | #248 | 833 |
| 1967 | #475 | 399 | #259 | 772 |
| 1966 | #446 | 438 | #262 | 766 |
| 1965 | #474 | 401 | #279 | 721 |
| 1964 | #472 | 424 | #300 | 697 |
| 1963 | #476 | 411 | #308 | 648 |
| 1962 | #453 | 450 | #294 | 696 |
| 1961 | #395 | 596 | #297 | 669 |
| 1960 | #610 | 268 | #299 | 664 |
| 1959 | #681 | 217 | #317 | 602 |
| 1958 | #717 | 189 | #334 | 529 |
| 1957 | #846 | 144 | #320 | 571 |
| 1956 | #903 | 123 | #334 | 496 |
| 1955 | #1,020 | 97 | #347 | 433 |
| 1954 | #1,020 | 92 | #339 | 441 |
| 1953 | #1,137 | 72 | #385 | 328 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | #388 | 313 |
| 1951 | #1,239 | 56 | #410 | 277 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | #435 | 234 |
| 1949 | #1,265 | 52 | #486 | 185 |
| 1948 | #1,250 | 53 | #442 | 225 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | #518 | 171 |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 | #545 | 137 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 | #533 | 125 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 | #575 | 114 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 | #587 | 117 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 | #611 | 106 |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 | #575 | 107 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | #626 | 90 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | #636 | 86 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #622 | 91 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #567 | 103 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #586 | 97 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | #598 | 94 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #539 | 119 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #577 | 100 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | #515 | 125 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | #570 | 107 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #459 | 166 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #512 | 131 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #517 | 136 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #536 | 131 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #533 | 130 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #559 | 122 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | #603 | 112 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #718 | 82 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #686 | 90 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | #814 | 70 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #699 | 85 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #774 | 70 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #894 | 55 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #860 | 55 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | #771 | 63 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #898 | 37 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #897 | 30 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #876 | 26 |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Angel! It came in at #755, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Angel
- 4 spots since 2024 (#63 → #67)
- 9 spots since 2020 (#76 → #67)
- 3 spots since 2015 (#64 → #67)
- Biggest jump: 410 spots in 1916 (#1,181 → #771)
- Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1900 (#857 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 2006 at #31 (11,602 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1916–2025
- Highest: 1 in 177 boys born in 2006 were named Angel (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 359 boys born in 2025 (0.28%)
- 35.5% of all boys named Angel (94,334) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1985, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8 | #755 (1888) | #755 |
| 1890s | 22 | #857 (1899) | #979 |
| 1900s | 34 | #930 (1907) | #997 |
| 1910s | 391 | #771 (1916) | #899 |
| 1920s | 1,089 | #512 (1929) | #618 |
| 1930s | 1,088 | #459 (1930) | #567 |
| 1940s | 1,377 | #442 (1948) | #550 |
| 1950s | 4,224 | #317 (1959) | #361 |
| 1960s | 7,404 | #241 (1969) | #279 |
| 1970s | 11,178 | #185 (1979) | #205 |
| 1980s | 15,798 | #140 (1989) | #170 |
| 1990s | 36,990 | #73 (1999) | #103 |
| 2000s | 94,334 | #31 (2006) | #44 |
| 2010s | 62,959 | #42 (2010) | #64 |
| 2020s | 28,990 | #62 (2022) | #66 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Angel in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 782 of them was named Angel, which outranked 98.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,700 of them was named Angel, which outranked 96.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.