Angle

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 89.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 51 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,149
since 1945

Angle over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #1,754, 1971peak #3,559, 1958girlsboys
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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
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2017#12,2465
2016#14,3316
2015
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2013#10,23510
2012#16,8695
2011#13,3477
2010#11,2469
2009#9,97511#12,4915
2008#10,80710
2007#6,32321#9,7887
2006#12,4208#10,6626
2005#11,8348
2004#7,82814
2003#8,50512
2002#6,39217
2001#5,17422
2000#5,31221#6,8399
1999#5,66118
1998#7,53212#9,6315
1997#5,62617#5,64210
1996#5,53117#9,0155
1995#5,01919
1994#7,09712
1993#4,82620#5,7719
1992#5,71816
1991#5,94915#8,2365
1990#4,12024
1989#4,52220#6,9416
1988#3,30629
1987#4,47418#5,4597
1986#4,72416
1985#2,93931#5,1477
1984#3,23326
1983#3,80620
1982#3,34425#6,3855
1981#2,72333#6,2625
1980#3,71921#4,9407
1979#2,79531
1978#2,39037
1977#2,02647
1976#2,38734#5,5875
1975#1,78052
1974#2,39632
1973#2,45530#5,1015
1972#1,89044
1971#1,75451#4,3756
1970#2,85624
1969#2,91721
1968#2,87420
1967#3,65613
1966#2,93718
1965#2,20429
1964#2,67522
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1962#3,78212
1961#3,31815#4,0655
1960#5,6966
1959#4,6258
1958#3,5596
1957#4,5368
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Angle! It came in at #4,556, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945–1956, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1971 at #1,754 (51 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,036
  • Highest: 1 in 28,036 girls born in 1975 were named Angle (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,754 in 1971, was only 1 in 32,624 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 33.2% of all girls named Angle (382) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
  • Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#4,556 (1945)#4,556
1950s16#4,536 (1957)#4,581
1960s156#2,204 (1965)#3,340
1970s382#1,754 (1971)#2,273
1980s239#2,723 (1981)#3,679
1990s170#4,120 (1990)#5,708
2000s144#5,174 (2001)#8,457
2010s37#10,235 (2013)#13,206

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.

Angle in 1971

girls
#1,754
51 births · 1 in 32,624 girls
boys
#4,375
6 births · 1 in 294,741 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #1,754Angle51

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #4,375Angle6
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 32,624 of them was named Angle, which outranked 81.8% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angle
  1. #1,730Sherrell52
  2. #1,730Tambra52
  3. #1,730Theodora52
  4. #1,754Angle51
  5. #1,754Ariana51
  6. #1,754Chad51
  7. #1,754Eddie51
  8. #1,772Adelina50
  9. #1,772Caterina50
  10. #1,772Cathie50

Tied with 17 names at #1,754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 2,115Yesenia#2,522#407
  2. 1,431Shayla#2,267#836
  3. 853Ebony#1,681#828
  4. 749Consuela#1,706#957
  5. 510Candida#1,196#686
Fallers
  1. 572Sebrina#916#1,488
  2. 382Janene#684#1,066
  3. 375Treena#989#1,364
  4. 356Tisa#910#1,266
  5. 351Shaun#929#1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 294,741 of them was named Angle, which outranked 22.6% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angle
  1. #3,963Zechariah7
  2. #3,963Zeferino7
  3. #3,963Zerrick7
  4. #4,375Angle6
  5. #4,375Abelino6
  6. #4,375Absalom6
  7. #4,375Acey6
  8. #4,907Abdel5
  9. #4,907Abiel5
  10. #4,907Achille5

Tied with 531 names at #4,375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 754Germaine#1,582#828
  2. 626Jeramie#1,546#920
  3. 512Jeremey#1,396#884
  4. 473Jarod#1,337#864
  5. 454Jamel#1,374#920
Fallers
  1. 328Adolph#926#1,254
  2. 272Dwane#1,000#1,272
  3. 266Bronson#861#1,127
  4. 244Mitch#921#1,165
  5. 242Enrico#839#1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971