# Ange (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ange/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ænd͡ʒ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 366 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15 / 351 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 53, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortening.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 13,745 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12,525 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,716 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11,924 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11,517 |
| 2007 | 14 | 8,568 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11,685 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,542 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,245 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,469 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,121 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,102 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,125 |
| 2018 | 5 | 15,895 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,505 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 5 | 4,317 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,473 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,264 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |

## People named Ange

- Ange Postecoglou, Australian association football player and manager
- Angelus of Jerusalem, Christian saint
- Ange-François Fariau, French poet
- Ange Leccia, French artist and filmmaker (born 1952)
- Ange Hyacinthe Maxence de Damas, French politician and general (1785-1862)
- Ange Capuozzo, French-Italian rugby union player
- Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau, French admiral (1788-1855)
- Jean-Pierre Darras, French actor (1927-1999)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.