Angel
Angel is ranked 63rd among boys in 2024 (4,964 births). Its best rank was 31st, in 2006.
- Rank in 2024
- #63same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4,9640.29% of boys
- Peak year
- 200611,602 births
- Best rank
- #31in 2006
- Since 1888
- 360,783people given the name
The story in the numbers
261,068 boys have been named Angel in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 11,602 births — 0.56% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 67 → 63).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 36%. It has spent 120 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 28 of them in the top 100.
Angel is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are girls (99,715), most of them born around 2002.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Angel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8 | |
| 1890s | 22 | |
| 1900s | 34 | |
| 1910s | 391 | |
| 1920s | 1,089 | |
| 1930s | 1,088 | |
| 1940s | 1,377 | |
| 1950s | 4,224 | |
| 1960s | 7,404 | |
| 1970s | 11,179 | |
| 1980s | 15,797 | |
| 1990s | 36,987 | |
| 2000s | 94,331 | |
| 2010s | 62,945 | |
| 2020s | 24,192 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Angel was the 31st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Angel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cavanpeak 2008
- Pavelpeak 2008
- Giancarlopeak 2008
- Mauriciopeak 2008
- Sebastienpeak 2007
- Isakpeak 2004
- Exavierpeak 2009
- Ulisespeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.