Angela
#408 for girls in 2025, 765 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #9,019
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 23,361 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 47 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 673,257since 1880
Angela over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #408 | 765 | — | |
| 2024 | #281 | 1,123 | — | |
| 2023 | #255 | 1,214 | — | |
| 2022 | #226 | 1,323 | — | |
| 2021 | #234 | 1,282 | — | |
| 2020 | #251 | 1,190 | — | |
| 2019 | #257 | 1,272 | — | |
| 2018 | #265 | 1,242 | — | |
| 2017 | #234 | 1,352 | — | |
| 2016 | #214 | 1,511 | — | |
| 2015 | #220 | 1,492 | — | |
| 2014 | #191 | 1,737 | — | |
| 2013 | #196 | 1,651 | — | |
| 2012 | #193 | 1,641 | — | |
| 2011 | #189 | 1,679 | — | |
| 2010 | #160 | 1,917 | — | |
| 2009 | #142 | 2,258 | — | |
| 2008 | #132 | 2,542 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #125 | 2,756 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #114 | 2,926 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #113 | 2,897 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #105 | 3,163 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #104 | 3,320 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #83 | 3,714 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #77 | 3,915 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #79 | 3,828 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #90 | 3,632 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #100 | 3,369 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #93 | 3,652 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #90 | 3,867 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #85 | 4,119 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #81 | 4,414 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #73 | 4,572 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #69 | 5,078 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #59 | 5,802 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #52 | 6,666 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #47 | 7,199 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1988 | #38 | 7,914 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #35 | 8,583 | #1,467 | 49 |
| 1986 | #33 | 9,267 | #1,535 | 43 |
| 1985 | #31 | 10,227 | #1,524 | 43 |
| 1984 | #26 | 11,291 | #1,198 | 58 |
| 1983 | #22 | 13,219 | #1,631 | 36 |
| 1982 | #16 | 15,002 | #1,229 | 57 |
| 1981 | #15 | 15,924 | #1,270 | 52 |
| 1980 | #12 | 17,969 | #1,204 | 58 |
| 1979 | #8 | 20,256 | #1,056 | 70 |
| 1978 | #7 | 20,517 | #1,011 | 73 |
| 1977 | #6 | 20,998 | #998 | 74 |
| 1976 | #5 | 22,038 | #1,111 | 58 |
| 1975 | #5 | 23,361 | #875 | 90 |
| 1974 | #5 | 22,803 | #849 | 89 |
| 1973 | #7 | 20,898 | #941 | 73 |
| 1972 | #6 | 23,561 | #976 | 69 |
| 1971 | #6 | 25,901 | #848 | 92 |
| 1970 | #6 | 24,929 | #884 | 83 |
| 1969 | #7 | 21,060 | #1,110 | 49 |
| 1968 | #7 | 20,670 | #1,034 | 51 |
| 1967 | #7 | 19,555 | #893 | 65 |
| 1966 | #9 | 18,532 | #1,059 | 48 |
| 1965 | #10 | 18,754 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #22 | 16,256 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1963 | #30 | 13,277 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #36 | 11,664 | #1,515 | 27 |
| 1961 | #38 | 10,843 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #50 | 8,683 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #68 | 6,772 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #83 | 5,768 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #89 | 5,326 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #93 | 5,034 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #109 | 3,893 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #118 | 3,543 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #120 | 3,185 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #134 | 2,642 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #150 | 2,137 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #148 | 2,057 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #150 | 1,967 | — | |
| 1948 | #158 | 1,801 | — | |
| 1947 | #176 | 1,648 | — | |
| 1946 | #192 | 1,278 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #193 | 1,057 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #200 | 1,008 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #215 | 933 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #201 | 1,016 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #215 | 822 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #234 | 726 | — | |
| 1939 | #229 | 734 | — | |
| 1938 | #233 | 717 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #214 | 784 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #253 | 595 | — | |
| 1935 | #252 | 618 | — | |
| 1934 | #250 | 627 | — | |
| 1933 | #252 | 577 | — | |
| 1932 | #252 | 608 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #242 | 619 | — | |
| 1930 | #244 | 639 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #233 | 676 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #259 | 621 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #272 | 601 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #278 | 572 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #281 | 560 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #267 | 600 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #249 | 666 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #258 | 641 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #255 | 671 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #255 | 665 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #251 | 654 | — | |
| 1918 | #238 | 721 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #226 | 742 | — | |
| 1916 | #229 | 716 | — | |
| 1915 | #225 | 698 | — | |
| 1914 | #212 | 590 | — | |
| 1913 | #228 | 447 | — | |
| 1912 | #223 | 398 | — | |
| 1911 | #231 | 292 | — | |
| 1910 | #239 | 260 | — | |
| 1909 | #248 | 204 | — | |
| 1908 | #260 | 183 | — | |
| 1907 | #261 | 174 | — | |
| 1906 | #301 | 123 | — | |
| 1905 | #270 | 148 | — | |
| 1904 | #286 | 124 | — | |
| 1903 | #267 | 132 | — | |
| 1902 | #291 | 116 | — | |
| 1901 | #317 | 89 | — | |
| 1900 | #327 | 107 | — | |
| 1899 | #336 | 80 | — | |
| 1898 | #317 | 98 | — | |
| 1897 | #298 | 95 | — | |
| 1896 | #370 | 60 | — | |
| 1895 | #342 | 70 | — | |
| 1894 | #345 | 64 | — | |
| 1893 | #327 | 67 | — | |
| 1892 | #335 | 63 | — | |
| 1891 | #475 | 29 | — | |
| 1890 | #373 | 45 | — | |
| 1889 | #371 | 42 | — | |
| 1888 | #431 | 33 | — | |
| 1887 | #372 | 33 | — | |
| 1886 | #439 | 24 | — | |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 | — | |
| 1884 | #449 | 20 | — | |
| 1883 | #397 | 22 | — | |
| 1882 | #360 | 24 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Angela was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
See more about Angela
- 127 spots since 2024 (#281 → #408)
- 157 spots since 2020 (#251 → #408)
- 188 spots since 2015 (#220 → #408)
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1882 (#582 → #360)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2025 (#281 → #408)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1975 at #5 (23,361 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: 15 yrs · run 1965–1979
- Top 100: 47 yrs · run 1956–2002
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 62 girls born in 1975 were named Angela (1.6%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,101 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 33.5% of all girls named Angela (225,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 232 | #360 (1882) | #458 |
| 1890s | 671 | #298 (1897) | #352 |
| 1900s | 1,400 | #248 (1909) | #283 |
| 1910s | 5,518 | #212 (1914) | #230 |
| 1920s | 6,273 | #233 (1929) | #261 |
| 1930s | 6,518 | #214 (1937) | #242 |
| 1940s | 12,256 | #150 (1949) | #193 |
| 1950s | 40,357 | #68 (1959) | #111 |
| 1960s | 159,294 | #7 (1969) | #22 |
| 1970s | 225,262 | #5 (1975) | #6 |
| 1980s | 116,595 | #12 (1980) | #28 |
| 1990s | 45,171 | #52 (1990) | #79 |
| 2000s | 31,319 | #77 (2001) | #107 |
| 2010s | 15,494 | #160 (2010) | #212 |
| 2020s | 6,897 | #226 (2022) | #276 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Angela 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 65 of them was named Angela, which outranked 99.9% 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 23,502 of them was named Angela, which outranked 83.0% 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).