Anjel
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 74.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 68 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,188since 1954
Anjel 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,570 | 22 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | — | #4,226 | 24 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #3,234 | 34 |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #2,798 | 42 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #2,402 | 52 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #2,237 | 59 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | #2,304 | 56 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #2,062 | 64 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #1,983 | 63 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #1,764 | 68 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #2,306 | 43 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
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| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #4,230 | 6 |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Anjel! It came in at #3,827, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Anjel is popular in 2003
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#950 · 1 in 13,212
- Texas#956 · 1 in 11,779
- Georgia#1,100 · 1 in 11,429
Best ever in a state: #913 in Georgia, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #950 | 19 | 1 in 13,212 |
| Texas | #956 | 15 | 1 in 11,779 |
| Georgia | #1,100 | 5 | 1 in 11,429 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Anjel
- 1,774 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #8,243)
- 2,544 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #8,243)
- 4,361 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #8,243)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2003 at #1,764 (68 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,049 boys born in 2003 were named Anjel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 42.1% of all boys named Anjel (500) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1988, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,827 (1954) | #3,827 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,065 (1961) | #4,065 |
| 1970s | 41 | #3,445 (1973) | #4,866 |
| 1980s | 57 | #3,201 (1987) | #5,238 |
| 1990s | 194 | #2,838 (1996) | #3,502 |
| 2000s | 500 | #1,764 (2003) | #2,389 |
| 2010s | 297 | #2,402 (2010) | #3,844 |
| 2020s | 89 | #4,570 (2022) | #6,114 |
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.
Anjel in 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 121,810 of them was named Anjel, which outranked 60.9% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,885Zarriah16
- #6,885Ziyah16
- #6,885Zyan16
- #7,207Anjel15
- #7,207Aalia15
- #7,207Aamna15
- #7,207Adalee15
- #7,580Aanika14
- #7,580Aarti14
- #7,580Aarya14
Tied with 372 names at #7,207; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 29,049 of them was named Anjel, which outranked 86.2% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,749Virgil69
- #1,749Vivek69
- #1,749Westley69
- #1,764Anjel68
- #1,764Arik68
- #1,764Blair68
- #1,764Casen68
- #1,781Aramis67
- #1,781Arnoldo67
- #1,781Aryeh67
Tied with 16 names at #1,764; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.