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Angela
Pronounced /ˈænd͡ʒələ/
Rank in 2024
#282
Born in 2024
1,117
Peak year
1971 · #6
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,117 girls were named Angela, about 1 in every 1,444.
- It peaked in 1971 with 25,900 babies, ranked #6.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 672,480 girls have been named Angela since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Angela per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.6Greatest1901–27
- 0.6Silent1928–45
- 3.0Boomers1946–64
- 13.4Gen X1965–80
- 4.7Millennials1981–96
- 1.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11,787 babies, 0.58 per 1,000. Silent: 13,377 babies, 0.65 per 1,000. Boomers: 107,774 babies, 3.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 341,804 babies, 13.38 per 1,000. Millennials: 133,146 babies, 4.71 per 1,000. Gen Z: 47,206 babies, 1.62 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 16,376 babies, 0.81 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, angel”).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈænd͡ʒələ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Angela, CC BY-SA 4.0.