Gender-neutral · #67 in 2025

Angel

Angel: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#67
Born 2025
4,757
Peak year
2006

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Angel per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 2006. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Angel has held steady: its share of boys born has barely moved over the last 10 years. It now stands at 49% of its 2006 peak.

Boy or girl?

Over the last 10 years, 13% of children named Angel were recorded as girls and 87% as boys. The file records sex, not a name's gender, and the share is measured over ten years rather than all time, so a name that has changed sides shows where it is now.

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Sounds good with

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