Angel
For 2025 the count puts Angel at #67 nationwide, holding steady. An old entry (1888) having its biggest moment now, with 265,886 American bearers across the record.
What Angel carries
Angel · Greek
“angel”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Angel’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Angel, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Angel since 1888
Angel peaked in 2006 at #31; #67 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Angel is most common
Among the states, Angel takes its largest share in New Mexico, 0.69% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Nevada and Arizona next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Angel
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Andres
#200 in 2025 · Greek
Sophie
#55 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Cora
#113 in 2025 · Greek
Alexander
#30 in 2025 · Greek
Anastasia
#163 in 2025 · Greek
Sofia
#9 in 2025 · Greek
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About Angel
How common is Angel today?
For 2025 the count puts Angel at #67 nationwide, holding steady. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1888.
Does Angel have a meaning on record?
The gloss on record reads “angel”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Angel?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Andres sits closest, with Sophie and Lydia just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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