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.

Angela

#38 most common girls' name of all time · #87 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#38
Rank overall
#87 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
675,392
Since 2016
12,274
Peak year
1971 #6
Best rank
#5 1974
Girls Boys peak 25,993/yr
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Angela is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 765 — 765 #408
2024 1,123 — 1,123 #281
2023 1,214 — 1,214 #255
2022 1,323 — 1,323 #227
2021 1,282 — 1,282 #234
2020 1,190 — 1,190 #251
2019 1,272 — 1,272 #257
2018 1,242 — 1,242 #265
2017 1,352 — 1,352 #235
2016 1,511 — 1,511 #214
2015 1,492 — 1,492 #220
2014 1,737 — 1,737 #191
2013 1,651 — 1,651 #196
2012 1,641 — 1,641 #193
2011 1,679 — 1,679 #189
2010 1,917 — 1,917 #160
2009 2,258 — 2,258 #142
2008 2,542 8 2,550 #132
2007 2,756 7 2,763 #125
2006 2,926 9 2,935 #114
2005 2,897 10 2,907 #113
2004 3,163 9 3,172 #105
2003 3,320 12 3,332 #104
2002 3,714 8 3,722 #83
2001 3,915 12 3,927 #77
2000 3,828 9 3,837 #79
1999 3,632 12 3,644 #90
1998 3,369 11 3,380 #100
1997 3,652 16 3,668 #93
1996 3,867 13 3,880 #90
1995 4,119 7 4,126 #85
1994 4,414 9 4,423 #81
1993 4,572 10 4,582 #73
1992 5,078 15 5,093 #69
1991 5,802 18 5,820 #59
1990 6,666 30 6,696 #52
1989 7,199 54 7,253 #47
1988 7,914 33 7,947 #38
1987 8,583 49 8,632 #35
1986 9,267 43 9,310 #33
1985 10,227 43 10,270 #31
1984 11,291 58 11,349 #26
1983 13,219 36 13,255 #22
1982 15,002 57 15,059 #16
1981 15,924 52 15,976 #15
1980 17,969 58 18,027 #12
1979 20,256 70 20,326 #8
1978 20,517 73 20,590 #7
1977 20,998 74 21,072 #6
1976 22,038 58 22,096 #5
1975 23,361 90 23,451 #5
1974 22,803 89 22,892 #5
1973 20,898 73 20,971 #7
1972 23,561 69 23,630 #6
1971 25,901 92 25,993 #6
1970 24,929 83 25,012 #6
1969 21,060 49 21,109 #7
1968 20,670 51 20,721 #7
1967 19,555 65 19,620 #7
1966 18,532 48 18,580 #9
1965 18,754 41 18,795 #10
1964 16,256 43 16,299 #22
1963 13,277 35 13,312 #30
1962 11,664 27 11,691 #36
1961 10,843 24 10,867 #38
1960 8,683 21 8,704 #50
1959 6,772 22 6,794 #68
1958 5,768 17 5,785 #83
1957 5,326 13 5,339 #89
1956 5,034 11 5,045 #93
1955 3,893 5 3,898 #109
1954 3,543 8 3,551 #118
1953 3,185 11 3,196 #120
1952 2,642 8 2,650 #134
1951 2,137 6 2,143 #150
1950 2,057 5 2,062 #148
1949 1,967 — 1,967 #150
1948 1,801 — 1,801 #158
1947 1,648 — 1,648 #176
1946 1,278 6 1,284 #192
1945 1,057 6 1,063 #193
1944 1,008 6 1,014 #200
1943 933 8 941 #215
1942 1,016 6 1,022 #201
1941 822 5 827 #215
1940 726 — 726 #235
1939 734 — 734 #229
1938 717 11 728 #233
1937 784 7 791 #214
1936 595 — 595 #253
1935 618 — 618 #252
1934 627 — 627 #250
1933 577 — 577 #252
1932 608 8 616 #252
1931 619 — 619 #242
1930 639 10 649 #244
1929 676 8 684 #233
1928 621 7 628 #259
1927 601 8 609 #273
1926 572 5 577 #279
1925 560 5 565 #283
1924 600 5 605 #267
1923 666 5 671 #249
1922 641 8 649 #258
1921 671 8 679 #255
1920 665 9 674 #255
1919 654 — 654 #251
1918 721 5 726 #238
1917 742 — 742 #227
1916 716 — 716 #229
1915 698 — 698 #225
1914 590 — 590 #212
1913 447 — 447 #228
1912 398 — 398 #224
1911 292 — 292 #231
1910 260 — 260 #239
1909 204 — 204 #248
1908 183 — 183 #261
1907 174 — 174 #261
1906 123 — 123 #303
1905 148 — 148 #272
1904 124 — 124 #286
1903 132 — 132 #270
1902 116 — 116 #291
1901 89 — 89 #319
1900 107 — 107 #329
1899 80 — 80 #337
1898 98 — 98 #320
1897 95 — 95 #299
1896 60 — 60 #371
1895 70 — 70 #344
1894 64 — 64 #348
1893 67 — 67 #331
1892 63 — 63 #335
1891 29 — 29 #479
1890 45 — 45 #377
1889 42 — 42 #377
1888 33 — 33 #438
1887 33 — 33 #377
1886 24 — 24 #450
1885 18 — 18 #517
1884 20 — 20 #459
1883 22 — 22 #410
1882 24 — 24 #371
1881 9 — 9 #603
1880 7 — 7 #683