Angela Girl
How popular is Angela?
#408 girl name in 2025
765 baby girls were named Angela in the US in 2025, making it the 408th most popular girl name.
Angela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #408 for girls (▼ 127 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 765 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #220 in 2015, #251 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1971 (25,901 girls) |
| Highest rank | #5 in 1974 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Angela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Angela family of names ranked #398 for girls in 2025 (#301 the year before), with 776 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Angela | 765 | 99% |
| Angella | 11 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Angela is most popular
Babies named Angela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 1.6 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Texas: 1.4 per 1,000 (1,117 girls)
- Arizona: 1.3 per 1,000 (186 girls)
- Delaware: 1.3 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- California: 1.3 per 1,000 (1,091 girls)
Angela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 232 | #360 |
| 1890s | 671 | #298 |
| 1900s | 1,400 | #248 |
| 1910s | 5,518 | #212 |
| 1920s | 6,273 | #233 |
| 1930s | 6,518 | #214 |
| 1940s | 12,256 | #150 |
| 1950s | 40,357 | #68 |
| 1960s | 159,294 | #7 |
| 1970s | 225,262 | #5 |
| 1980s | 116,595 | #12 |
| 1990s | 45,171 | #52 |
| 2000s | 31,319 | #77 |
| 2010s | 15,494 | #160 |
| 2020s | 6,897 | #226 |
Girl names about as popular as Angela
Questions
- Is Angela a boy or girl name?
- Angela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Angela were girls.
- How popular is the name Angela?
- 765 baby girls were named Angela in the US in 2025, making it the 408th most popular girl name.
- When was Angela most popular?
- Angela peaked in 1971, when 25,901 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #5, held for 3 years starting in 1974.
- How many people are named Angela?
- 675,392 babies have been named Angela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 613,027 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Angela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Angela was most common in Nevada, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.