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

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Peak · girls
1975 · 23,361 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
47 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
673,257
since 1880

Angela over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #5, 1975girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#408765
2024#2811,123
2023#2551,214
2022#2261,323
2021#2341,282
2020#2511,190
2019#2571,272
2018#2651,242
2017#2341,352
2016#2141,511
2015#2201,492
2014#1911,737
2013#1961,651
2012#1931,641
2011#1891,679
2010#1601,917
2009#1422,258
2008#1322,542#9,0198
2007#1252,756#9,7887
2006#1142,926#7,9989
2005#1132,897#7,09610
2004#1053,163#7,5369
2003#1043,320#5,87712
2002#833,714#7,6438
2001#773,915#5,66712
2000#793,828#6,8399
1999#903,632#5,31712
1998#1003,369#5,46611
1997#933,652#4,05916
1996#903,867#4,61313
1995#854,119#6,9927
1994#814,414#5,8689
1993#734,572#5,36010
1992#695,078#3,92015
1991#595,802#3,32518
1990#526,666#2,30830
1989#477,199#1,51654
1988#387,914#1,94933
1987#358,583#1,46749
1986#339,267#1,53543
1985#3110,227#1,52443
1984#2611,291#1,19858
1983#2213,219#1,63136
1982#1615,002#1,22957
1981#1515,924#1,27052
1980#1217,969#1,20458
1979#820,256#1,05670
1978#720,517#1,01173
1977#620,998#99874
1976#522,038#1,11158
1975#523,361#87590
1974#522,803#84989
1973#720,898#94173
1972#623,561#97669
1971#625,901#84892
1970#624,929#88483
1969#721,060#1,11049
1968#720,670#1,03451
1967#719,555#89365
1966#918,532#1,05948
1965#1018,754#1,18941
1964#2216,256#1,17243
1963#3013,277#1,31835
1962#3611,664#1,51527
1961#3810,843#1,63524
1960#508,683#1,77221
1959#686,772#1,70922
1958#835,768#1,95317
1957#895,326#2,27413
1956#935,034#2,49711
1955#1093,893#3,8865
1954#1183,543#2,9428
1953#1203,185#2,39111
1952#1342,642#2,8758
1951#1502,137#3,3646
1950#1482,057#3,6815
1949#1501,967
1948#1581,801
1947#1761,648
1946#1921,278#3,1736
1945#1931,057#2,9966
1944#2001,008#3,1096
1943#215933#2,7328
1942#2011,016#3,2126
1941#215822#3,5055
1940#234726
1939#229734
1938#233717#2,18511
1937#214784#2,9057
1936#253595
1935#252618
1934#250627
1933#252577
1932#252608#2,8498
1931#242619
1930#244639#2,60910
1929#233676#2,9808
1928#259621#3,3577
1927#272601#3,1518
1926#278572#4,2015
1925#281560#4,1975
1924#267600#4,3475
1923#249666#4,2395
1922#258641#3,2528
1921#255671#3,2148
1920#255665#2,9679
1919#251654
1918#238721#4,1795
1917#226742
1916#229716
1915#225698
1914#212590
1913#228447
1912#223398
1911#231292
1910#239260
1909#248204
1908#260183
1907#261174
1906#301123
1905#270148
1904#286124
1903#267132
1902#291116
1901#31789
1900#327107
1899#33680
1898#31798
1897#29895
1896#37060
1895#34270
1894#34564
1893#32767
1892#33563
1891#47529
1890#37345
1889#37142
1888#43133
1887#37233
1886#43924
1885#50018
1884#44920
1883#39722
1882#36024
1881#5829
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1975 at #5 (23,361 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: 15 yrs · run 1965–1979
  • Top 100: 47 yrs · run 1956–2002
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 62
  • Highest: 1 in 62 girls born in 1975 were named Angela (1.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,101 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 33.5% of all girls named Angela (225,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s232#360 (1882)#458
1890s671#298 (1897)#352
1900s1,400#248 (1909)#283
1910s5,518#212 (1914)#230
1920s6,273#233 (1929)#261
1930s6,518#214 (1937)#242
1940s12,256#150 (1949)#193
1950s40,357#68 (1959)#111
1960s159,294#7 (1969)#22
1970s225,262#5 (1975)#6
1980s116,595#12 (1980)#28
1990s45,171#52 (1990)#79
2000s31,319#77 (2001)#107
2010s15,494#160 (2010)#212
2020s6,897#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 1978

girls
#7
20,517 births · 1 in 75 girls
boys
#1,011
73 births · 1 in 22,491 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,011Angela73
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 75 of them was named Angela, which outranked 99.9% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angela
  1. #4Amy23,213
  2. #5Heather22,270
  3. #6Amanda20,520
  4. #7Angela20,517
  5. #8Sarah19,976
  6. #9Michelle18,856
  7. #10Nicole17,279
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 22,491 of them was named Angela, which outranked 85.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angela
  1. #1,005Jerrold74
  2. #1,005Kai74
  3. #1,005Sandy74
  4. #1,011Angela73
  5. #1,011Adalberto73
  6. #1,011Aurelio73
  7. #1,011Bo73
  8. #1,027Alexandro72
  9. #1,027Baron72
  10. #1,027Deron72

Tied with 15 names at #1,011; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978