Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Angel**

#94 most common boys' name of all time · #198 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1888–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#94
Rank overall
#198 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
366,174
Since 2016
57,129
Peak year
2006 #31
Best rank
#31 2006
Girls Boys peak 13,828/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Angel first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 551 4,757 5,308 #67
2024 621 4,983 5,604 #63
2023 589 4,900 5,489 #62
2022 608 5,105 5,713 #62
2021 651 4,718 5,369 #67
2020 704 4,527 5,231 #76
2019 787 4,917 5,704 #73
2018 855 5,065 5,920 #72
2017 931 5,278 6,209 #71
2016 1,018 5,564 6,582 #70
2015 1,123 6,116 7,239 #64
2014 1,202 6,314 7,516 #67
2013 1,228 6,369 7,597 #67
2012 1,408 7,024 8,432 #57
2011 1,478 7,536 9,014 #52
2010 1,612 8,776 10,388 #42
2009 1,882 9,853 11,735 #37
2008 2,127 10,357 12,484 #36
2007 2,302 11,376 13,678 #34
2006 2,226 11,602 13,828 #31
2005 2,389 10,993 13,382 #32
2004 2,614 9,516 12,130 #44
2003 2,892 9,161 12,053 #47
2002 3,100 8,192 11,292 #49
2001 3,080 6,978 10,058 #58
2000 2,833 6,306 9,139 #67
1999 2,731 5,402 8,133 #73
1998 2,384 4,772 7,156 #81
1997 2,214 4,514 6,728 #86
1996 1,939 3,913 5,852 #102
1995 1,733 3,734 5,467 #101
1994 1,674 3,477 5,151 #104
1993 1,633 3,037 4,670 #115
1992 1,696 3,049 4,745 #114
1991 1,835 2,685 4,520 #123
1990 1,662 2,407 4,069 #133
1989 1,716 2,176 3,892 #140
1988 1,704 1,828 3,532 #151
1987 1,445 1,655 3,100 #165
1986 1,583 1,651 3,234 #163
1985 1,781 1,561 3,342 #172
1984 1,685 1,418 3,103 #179
1983 1,576 1,349 2,925 #185
1982 1,744 1,442 3,186 #181
1981 1,815 1,299 3,114 #194
1980 1,687 1,419 3,106 #172
1979 1,697 1,303 3,000 #185
1978 1,935 1,249 3,184 #189
1977 2,136 1,244 3,380 #189
1976 1,642 1,139 2,781 #197
1975 1,597 1,092 2,689 #201
1974 1,449 1,111 2,560 #198
1973 1,815 1,049 2,864 #206
1972 1,946 954 2,900 #225
1971 1,489 1,002 2,491 #236
1970 1,108 1,035 2,143 #229
1969 641 938 1,579 #241
1968 504 833 1,337 #248
1967 399 772 1,171 #259
1966 438 766 1,204 #262
1965 401 721 1,122 #279
1964 424 697 1,121 #300
1963 411 648 1,059 #308
1962 450 696 1,146 #294
1961 596 669 1,265 #298
1960 268 664 932 #299
1959 217 602 819 #317
1958 189 529 718 #334
1957 144 571 715 #320
1956 123 496 619 #334
1955 97 433 530 #347
1954 92 441 533 #339
1953 72 328 400 #385
1952 54 313 367 #388
1951 56 277 333 #410
1950 47 234 281 #436
1949 52 185 237 #488
1948 53 225 278 #444
1947 42 171 213 #519
1946 39 137 176 #546
1945 24 125 149 #536
1944 31 114 145 #576
1943 39 117 156 #589
1942 31 106 137 #613
1941 41 107 148 #575
1940 19 90 109 #630
1939 21 86 107 #641
1938 15 91 106 #626
1937 12 103 115 #567
1936 13 97 110 #590
1935 15 94 109 #600
1934 14 119 133 #542
1933 14 100 114 #580
1932 20 125 145 #517
1931 18 107 125 #570
1930 21 166 187 #460
1929 13 131 144 #514
1928 19 136 155 #517
1927 20 131 151 #540
1926 19 130 149 #537
1925 19 122 141 #561
1924 20 112 132 #605
1923 18 82 100 #724
1922 12 90 102 #690
1921 17 70 87 #823
1920 12 85 97 #703
1919 10 70 80 #776
1918 8 55 63 #900
1917 11 55 66 #863
1916 15 63 78 #778
1915 10 30 40 #1,203
1914 7 37 44 #906
1913 7 30 37 #908
1912 8 26 34 #885
1911 12 12 #1,023
1910 13 13 #916
1909 6 10 16 #1,001
1908 7 9 16 #1,000
1907 6 9 15 #984
1900 6 6 #1,264
1899 7 7 #914
1896 5 5 #1,230
1894 5 5
1891 5 5 #1,100
1890 5 5 #1,129
1888 8 8 #812