# Angela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/angela/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “messenger”, “angel” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈænd͡ʒələ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Angie, Ange, Angelina |
| Variant spellings | Angel |
| US babies named this | 675,392 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,135 / 673,257 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,079, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Angela is grouped under angel.

## 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 | 1,679 | 189 |
| 2012 | 1,641 | 193 |
| 2013 | 1,651 | 196 |
| 2014 | 1,737 | 191 |
| 2015 | 1,492 | 220 |
| 2016 | 1,511 | 214 |
| 2017 | 1,352 | 234 |
| 2018 | 1,242 | 265 |
| 2019 | 1,272 | 257 |
| 2020 | 1,190 | 251 |
| 2021 | 1,282 | 235 |
| 2022 | 1,323 | 226 |
| 2023 | 1,214 | 255 |
| 2024 | 1,123 | 281 |
| 2025 | 765 | 408 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 9 | 5,890 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,021 |
| 1996 | 13 | 4,622 |
| 1997 | 16 | 4,069 |
| 1998 | 11 | 5,487 |
| 1999 | 12 | 5,334 |
| 2000 | 9 | 6,872 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5,687 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7,681 |
| 2003 | 12 | 5,894 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7,564 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,134 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,035 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9,837 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,057 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 515 |
| 2012 | 75 | 565 |
| 2013 | 72 | 569 |
| 2014 | 82 | 516 |
| 2015 | 75 | 570 |
| 2016 | 70 | 605 |
| 2017 | 76 | 565 |
| 2018 | 55 | 720 |
| 2019 | 53 | 724 |
| 2020 | 54 | 683 |
| 2021 | 45 | 801 |
| 2022 | 44 | 809 |
| 2023 | 45 | 794 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,198 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,229 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Анджела, Анжела
- Catalan: Àngela
- Chinese: 安杰拉, 安吉拉, 安格拉
- Czech: Anděla
- Esperanto: Anĝela
- Estonian: Angela
- French: Angèle
- Georgian: ანგელა, ანჯელა
- German: Angela
- Greek: Αγγελική
- Hungarian: Angéla
- Italian: Angela
- Japanese: アンジェラ, アンゲラ
- Latvian: Anžela
- Portuguese: Ângela
- Russian: Анже́ла, А́нджела, А́нгела, А́нхела
- Spanish: Ángela
- Swedish: Angela
- Vietnamese: An-giê-la

## People named Angela

- Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
- Angela Davis, American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)
- Angela Lansbury, British actress (1925–2022)
- Angela Bassett, American actress (born 1958)
- Angela Carter, English novelist (1940–1992)
- Angela White, Australian pornographic actress, pornographic director, and model (born 1985)
- Angela Rayner, British politician (born 1980)
- Angela Merici, Foundress of the Ursulines
- Angela Gossow, German metal vocalist
- Angela Sarafyan, Armenian-American actress
- Ángela Aguilar, American-Mexican singer (born 2003)
- Angela Mortimer, British tennis player (1932–2025)

## 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.