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Angela

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~615,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#408 among girls
Births in 2025
765 675,392 since 1880
Typical age
50 years, median

Angela popularity over time

Angela rank by birth year, 1880–2025Angela ranked #679 in 1880 and #408 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #5, in 1974.#10#100#408best #5 in 197418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Angela was used most in 1971, when 25,993 babies were given the name. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Across the record, 47 years put Angela in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #408 with 765 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 49%. It slipped 127 places against the previous year.

Babies named Angela per yearPeaks at 25,993 births in 1971.25,993 in 1971018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Angela?

An estimated 615,200 living Americans are called Angela. SSA has recorded 675,392 births under the name since 1880.

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 Angela?

Half of living Angelas are older than 50, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1970s. By the site’s era rules that makes Angela a late 20th-century name.

Your Angela

Ages of living people named AngelaHalf of living Angelas are older than 50 and half younger.median 50020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Angela is most common

Relative to births, California carries 2.0× the national share of Angelas. Delaware, Texas and Nevada follow.

Where Angela is used more than average5 states use the name Angela 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: 1.8× 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: 2.0× 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: 1.9× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 1.6× the national rateAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: 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: 1.8× 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 Angela is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 2,651 2.0×
Delaware 37 1.9×
Texas 2,158 1.8×
Nevada 140 1.8×
Arizona 358 1.6×

Angela in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Angela ranked #1,229 in 2025 on 26 births. That is 52% lower than five years earlier.

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

Where the name Angela comes from

Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (“messenger, angel”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Angela

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Angela Merkel chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 1954 219
Angela Davis American political activist, scholar, and author 1944 88
Angela Lansbury British-American-Irish actress and singer 1925–2022 74
Angela Bassett American actress 1958 67
Angela Carter English novelist 1940–1992 51
Angela White Australian pornographic actress, pornographic director, and model 1985 42
Angela Rayner British politician 1980 42
Angela Gheorghiu Romanian opera soprano 1965 39
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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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