first name
ANGEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 348,575 people named Angel, 76.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 12.4% as White and 7.3% as Black. 75.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Angel peaked in 2006, when 13,828 babies got the name.
At least 366,174 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Angel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #44. The largest share of babies named Angel, 46.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Angel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Angel has been most common in Nevada (3.3×), Arizona (3.2×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Vermont (0.07×).
361,076 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Angel
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Angel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Angel ranks #1,475 of 156,621, with 23,588 people. See Angel as a last name
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