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Angus

Pronounced /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/

Rank in 2024
#2,163
Born in 2024
68
Peak year
2006 · #1314
Origin
Scottish Gaelic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 68 boys were named Angus, about 1 in every 25,225.
  • It peaked in 2006 with 126 babies, ranked #1314.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 6,692 boys have been named Angus since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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Greatest: 1,161 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 741 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 665 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 469 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 800 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,564 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 980 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".

  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
/ˈæŋ.ɡəs/

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