# Angel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/angel/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Angell |
| US babies named this | 366,174 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 265,886 / 100,288 (27% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,614, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,478 | 212 |
| 2012 | 1,408 | 226 |
| 2013 | 1,228 | 263 |
| 2014 | 1,202 | 274 |
| 2015 | 1,123 | 284 |
| 2016 | 1,018 | 321 |
| 2017 | 931 | 348 |
| 2018 | 855 | 369 |
| 2019 | 787 | 393 |
| 2020 | 704 | 436 |
| 2021 | 651 | 482 |
| 2022 | 608 | 515 |
| 2023 | 589 | 515 |
| 2024 | 621 | 496 |
| 2025 | 551 | 546 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,536 | 52 |
| 2012 | 7,024 | 57 |
| 2013 | 6,369 | 67 |
| 2014 | 6,314 | 67 |
| 2015 | 6,116 | 64 |
| 2016 | 5,564 | 70 |
| 2017 | 5,278 | 71 |
| 2018 | 5,065 | 72 |
| 2019 | 4,917 | 73 |
| 2020 | 4,527 | 76 |
| 2021 | 4,718 | 67 |
| 2022 | 5,105 | 62 |
| 2023 | 4,900 | 62 |
| 2024 | 4,983 | 63 |
| 2025 | 4,757 | 67 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 477 | 123 |
| 2012 | 402 | 141 |
| 2013 | 299 | 177 |
| 2014 | 275 | 195 |
| 2015 | 222 | 228 |
| 2016 | 169 | 293 |
| 2017 | 142 | 335 |
| 2018 | 147 | 323 |
| 2019 | 120 | 362 |
| 2020 | 108 | 399 |
| 2021 | 115 | 389 |
| 2022 | 97 | 438 |
| 2023 | 91 | 440 |
| 2024 | 90 | 460 |
| 2025 | 97 | 419 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## People named Angel

- Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer (born 1988)
- Ángel Correa, Argentine association football player
- Angel Gomes, English association football player (born 2000)
- Ángel Bossio, Argentine association football player (1905-1978)
- Ángel Amadeo labruna, Argentine footballer
- Angel Coulby, English actress
- Angel Mena Pedroza, Ecuadorian Footballer
- Angel McCoughtry, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Angel Reese, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Catholic cardinal (1916–2006)
- Angel Haze, American rapper and singer
- Ángel Herrera Vera, Cuban boxer

## 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.