NameTides

Angela

Angela was the #408 girls' name in the US in 2025 (765 babies), and #1,229 in England & Wales and #538 in Canada.

Angela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Angela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Angela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#408 (765)#1,229 (26)#539 (5)—#608 (5)#538 (56)—
2024#281 (1,123)#1,198 (28)——#372 (10)#442 (68)—
2023#255 (1,214)#794 (45)—#391 (3)#555 (6)#478 (61)—
2022#226 (1,323)#809 (44)#760 (3)#418 (3)#389 (10)#679 (41)—
2021#234 (1,282)#801 (45)——#517 (7)#388 (83)—
2020#251 (1,190)#683 (54)#544 (5)—#444 (8)#415 (74)—
2019#257 (1,272)#724 (53)#765 (3)—#551 (6)#290 (111)—
2018#265 (1,242)#720 (55)#583 (5)#361 (4)#361 (12)#339 (97)—
2017#234 (1,352)#565 (76)——#396 (10)#212 (145)—
2016#214 (1,511)#605 (70)#502 (6)—#515 (7)#201 (155)—
2015#220 (1,492)#570 (75)#566 (5)—#581 (6)#204 (156)—
2014#191 (1,737)#516 (82)#537 (6)—#427 (10)#163 (201)—
2013#196 (1,651)#569 (72)#413 (8)#440 (3)#399 (11)#230 (144)—
2012#193 (1,641)#565 (75)#467 (7)#330 (5)#510 (8)#181 (178)—
2011#189 (1,679)#515 (82)#430 (8)—#340 (14)#217 (148)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #5.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Angela is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,600 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Angela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #428NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #548ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #577INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #349PANew Jersey: #348NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #287CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #354CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #376VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #273AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #389TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #288TXFlorida: #367FL
Angela (girls) 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#31117
Ontario2024#43229

Angela (girls): 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
AngelaCanadaGirls#53856
AngelaEngland & WalesGirls#1,22926
AngelaIrelandGirls#6085
AngelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AngelaNSWGirls—too few
AngelaScotlandGirls#5395
AngelaUSGirls#408765
AngelaUSBoys—too few