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Angel

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~352,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#67 among boys
Births in 2025
5,308 366,174 since 1880
Typical age
21 years, median

Angel popularity over time

Angel rank by birth year, 1888–2025Angel ranked #755 in 1888 and #67 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #31, in 2006.#100#1,000#67best #31 in 200618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1888–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2006: 13,828 births recorded as Angel. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1888. It has held a top-100 place in 29 separate years.

The 2025 position is #67, on 5,308 births. The ten-year change is -27%.

Babies named Angel per yearPeaks at 13,828 births in 2006.13,828 in 2006018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Angel?

An estimated 352,800 living Americans are called Angel. That is out of 366,174 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 97,300 women and 255,600 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Angel?

Half of living Angels are older than 21, half younger. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Angel a millennial-era name.

Your Angel

Ages of living people named AngelHalf of living Angels are older than 21 and half younger.median 21020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Angel is most common

The name is concentrated in New Mexico, at 2.3× the national rate. Arizona, Nevada and California follow.

Where Angel is used more than average5 states use the name Angel more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 2.0× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 2.1× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 2.3× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.9× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Angel is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Mexico 483 2.3×
Arizona 2,154 2.1×
Nevada 744 2.0×
California 12,028 1.9×
Texas 10,698 1.9×

Is Angel a boy's or a girl's name?

27% girls73% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans boys, but 12.8% of births in the last decade were girls. Across the whole record, 27.4% of births under the name were girls.

Angel in England and Wales

ONS recorded 118 births named Angel in 2025, ranking it #419.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Angel comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Ancient Greek, English, Latin, Spanish.

Notable people named Angel

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Angel Gomes English association football player 2000 31
Angel Coulby English actress 1980 29
Angel McCoughtry American basketball player 1986 23
Angel Haze American rapper and singer 1991 21
Angel Reese American basketball player 2002 21
Angel Olsen American indie pop singer-songwriter 1987 20
Angel Wagenstein Bulgarian film director 1922–2023 17
Angel Kelly American actress 1962 14
Photo credits (6)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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