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Angel

Pronounced /ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/

Rank in 2024
#63
Born in 2024
4,964
Peak year
2006 · #31
Origin
English, Latin Angelus, Spanish
Also recorded for girls:613 in 2024 (#499)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 4,964 boys were named Angel, about 1 in every 346.
  • It peaked in 2006 with 11,602 babies, ranked #31.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1888.
  • 261,068 boys have been named Angel since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Angel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.6
    Gen X
  5. 1.2
    Millennials
  6. 4.2
    Gen Z
  7. 2.9
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,241 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 2,014 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 8,315 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen X: 16,628 babies, 0.61 per 1,000. Millennials: 36,678 babies, 1.21 per 1,000. Gen Z: 132,355 babies, 4.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 63,801 babies, 2.94 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A unisex given name
  • A male given name
  • A male given name, variant of Angelo
  • A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century
Origin
English, Latin Angelus, Spanish
Say it
/ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Angel, CC BY-SA 4.0.