NameTides

Angel

Angel was the #67 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,757 babies), and #1,307 in England & Wales and #818 in Canada.

Angel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Angel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Angel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#67 (4,757)#1,307 (21)—#818 (32)
2024#63 (4,983)#1,199 (23)—#613 (44)
2023#62 (4,900)#1,071 (27)—#509 (54)
2022#62 (5,105)#1,143 (24)—#604 (44)
2021#67 (4,718)#1,139 (24)—#853 (29)
2020#76 (4,527)#1,150 (23)—#639 (40)
2019#73 (4,917)#1,217 (21)—#645 (40)
2018#72 (5,065)#1,235 (21)—#818 (29)
2017#71 (5,278)#1,146 (24)—#890 (26)
2016#70 (5,564)#1,903 (12)—#833 (29)
2015#64 (6,116)#1,902 (12)—#873 (26)
2014#67 (6,314)#1,486 (16)—#928 (24)
2013#67 (6,369)#1,339 (18)—#726 (33)
2012#57 (7,024)#1,589 (15)—#662 (37)
2011#52 (7,536)#1,909 (11)#730 (3)#687 (35)

Angel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Angel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandUSCanadaScotland
Angel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#546 (551)#419 (97)#780 (3)—#443 (8)#653 (46)
2024#495 (621)#460 (90)#476 (6)—#504 (7)#661 (44)
2023#515 (589)#440 (91)#323 (11)#391 (3)#404 (9)#464 (63)
2022#515 (608)#438 (97)#625 (4)#354 (4)—#554 (51)
2021#482 (651)#389 (115)#396 (8)—#883 (3)#598 (50)
2020#436 (704)#399 (108)#765 (3)#397 (3)#495 (7)#466 (64)
2019#393 (787)#362 (120)#650 (4)—#457 (8)#445 (74)
2018#368 (855)#323 (147)#583 (5)—#629 (5)#429 (75)
2017#348 (931)#335 (142)#570 (5)#355 (4)#471 (8)#361 (92)
2016#321 (1,018)#293 (169)#413 (8)#306 (5)#448 (9)#387 (89)
2015#284 (1,123)#228 (222)#300 (13)#269 (6)#402 (11)#371 (92)
2014#274 (1,202)#195 (275)#323 (12)#314 (5)#336 (14)#369 (91)
2013#263 (1,228)#177 (299)#267 (15)#234 (8)#265 (19)#267 (122)
2012#226 (1,408)#141 (402)#233 (20)#330 (5)#337 (15)#269 (123)
2011#212 (1,478)#123 (477)#197 (23)#224 (8)#215 (25)#287 (116)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #31.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.
  • In 2025, 10% of US babies named Angel were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 360 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 360common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Angel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 350 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 320 to 1 in 370.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Angel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #146WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #67WAIdaho: #166IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #186MNIllinois: #52ILMichigan: #197MINew York: #91NYMassachusetts: #143MAOregon: #63ORNevada: #18NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #132IAIndiana: #124INOhio: #189OHPennsylvania: #166PANew Jersey: #88NJConnecticut: #109CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #25CAUtah: #123UTColorado: #65CONebraska: #86NEMissouri: #230MOKentucky: #187KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #89VAMaryland: #64MDDelaware: #64DEArizona: #19AZNew Mexico: #19NMKansas: #69KSArkansas: #92ARTennessee: #104TNNorth Carolina: #81NCSouth Carolina: #88SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #70OKLouisiana: #118LAMississippi: #173MSAlabama: #124ALGeorgia: #83GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #18TXFlorida: #65FL
Angel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5707
Ontario2024#63618

Angel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AngelCanadaGirls#65346
AngelCanadaBoys#81832
AngelEngland & WalesGirls#41997
AngelEngland & WalesBoys#1,30721
AngelIrelandGirls#4438
AngelIrelandBoys—too few
AngelNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AngelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AngelScotlandGirls#7803
AngelUSGirls#546551
AngelUSBoys#674,757