Angus

#2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births

Peak · boys
#365
1882 · 24 births
Debut · boys
1880
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,751
since 1880

Angus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Angus has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #365, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,36358
2024#2,13369
2023#1,98677
2022#1,85286
2021#2,22563
2020#2,02470
2019#1,81684
2018#1,80984
2017#1,66195
2016#1,92176
2015#1,74088
2014#1,492108
2013#1,76382
2012#1,77584
2011#1,99968
2010#1,73987
2009#1,488112
2008#1,67991
2007#1,496106
2006#1,306126
2005#1,47199
2004#1,394102
2003#1,291109
2002#1,50583
2001#1,160119
2000#1,34195
1999#1,28395
1998#1,26196
1997#1,25192
1996#1,120106
1995#1,32778
1994#1,38371
1993#1,49362
1992#1,57256
1991#1,45261
1990#2,01237
1989#1,65847
1988#1,81537
1987#1,76037
1986#1,79134
1985#1,69836
1984#1,79631
1983#1,59437
1982#1,77432
1981#1,57738
1980#1,80831
1979#1,71133
1978#1,83428
1977#1,82328
1976#1,82827
1975#1,53034
1974#1,61830
1973#1,65328
1972#1,53531
1971#1,44135
1970#1,46233
1969#1,46330
1968#1,83619
1967#1,28734
1966#1,58024
1965#1,62523
1964#1,43530
1963#1,27937
1962#1,58825
1961#1,55227
1960#1,35934
1959#1,26538
1958#1,67722
1957#1,34534
1956#1,31734
1955#1,19839
1954#1,20039
1953#1,28034
1952#1,22736
1951#1,29532
1950#1,18137
1949#1,11040
1948#98950
1947#1,21336
1946#1,07641
1945#98642
1944#1,13534
1943#1,01843
1942#1,11937
1941#1,00441
1940#1,00741
1939#1,12033
1938#1,00940
1937#1,03138
1936#1,16932
1935#1,19431
1934#94245
1933#1,07837
1932#1,05640
1931#88752
1930#1,00746
1929#1,01045
1928#81864
1927#79969
1926#67688
1925#83563
1924#88661
1923#77772
1922#81868
1921#82569
1920#87761
1919#76072
1918#79667
1917#86454
1916#77163
1915#68172
1914#65859
1913#75938
1912#83528
1911#64423
1910#65420
1909#59020
1908#1,1137
1907#81511
1906#75211
1905#74111
1904#53817
1903#61913
1902#55615
1901#7279
1900#68014
1899#45717
1898#61113
1897#51515
1896#55114
1895#52915
1894#56713
1893#65010
1892#54714
1891#56411
1890#38921
1889#49814
1888#52814
1887#42016
1886#47015
1885#49814
1884#48815
1883#43317
1882#36524
1881#5959
1880#42517
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Angus was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about Angus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 230 spots since 2024 (#2,133 → #2,363)
  • 339 spots since 2020 (#2,024 → #2,363)
  • 623 spots since 2015 (#1,740 → #2,363)
  • Biggest jump: 523 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #590)
  • Biggest drop: 298 spots in 1908 (#815 → #1,113)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #365 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1880–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,737
  • Highest: 1 in 4,737 boys born in 1882 were named Angus (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 15.4% of all boys named Angus (1,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s155#365 (1882)#472
1890s143#389 (1890)#538
1900s128#538 (1904)#713
1910s496#644 (1911)#742
1920s660#676 (1926)#832
1930s394#887 (1931)#1,049
1940s405#986 (1945)#1,066
1950s345#1,181 (1950)#1,299
1960s283#1,279 (1963)#1,500
1970s307#1,441 (1971)#1,644
1980s360#1,577 (1981)#1,727
1990s754#1,120 (1996)#1,415
2000s1,042#1,160 (2001)#1,413
2010s856#1,492 (2014)#1,772
2020s423#1,852 (2022)#2,097

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.

Angus in 1959

boys
#1,265
38 births · 1 in 56,172 boys

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #1,265Angus38
More about 1959

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 56,172 of them was named Angus, which outranked 72.3% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Angus
  1. #1,247Teresa39
  2. #1,247Truman39
  3. #1,247Tyron39
  4. #1,265Angus38
  5. #1,265Bertrand38
  6. #1,265Doran38
  7. #1,265Elgin38
  8. #1,280Cristobal37
  9. #1,280Cullen37
  10. #1,280Franky37

Tied with 14 names at #1,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →