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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |