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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#1,359 · 1 in 16,951
- California#2,531 · 1 in 48,428
Best ever in a state: #913 in Georgia, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #1,359 | 11 | 1 in 16,951 |
| California | #2,531 | 5 | 1 in 48,428 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 167,010 of them was named Anjel, which outranked 50.6% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,379Zuzu12
- #9,379Zyiah12
- #9,379Zyniah12
- #9,975Anjel11
- #9,975Aamani11
- #9,975Aanika11
- #9,975Aariona11
- #10,679Aalaya10
- #10,679Aaliyan10
- #10,679Aaria10
Tied with 703 names at #9,975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 41,324 of them was named Anjel, which outranked 82.2% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,560Talin49
- #2,560Teagen49
- #2,560Yohan49
- #2,585Anjel48
- #2,585Advaith48
- #2,585Aram48
- #2,585Arath48
- #2,623Aneesh47
- #2,623Benaiah47
- #2,623Blayke47
Tied with 37 names at #2,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.