Names like Angel

In 2025, 4,757 boys born in the US were named Angel, #67 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1888, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1916.

Its best rank was #31, in 2006.

The most births in one year were 11,602, in 2006.

Births fell 22% from 6,116 in 2015.

For 8 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1911 or later (Angel's began in 1916).

Angel's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   —
2. 1890
   #934
3. 1900
   —
4. 1910
   #836
5. 1920
   #681
6. 1930
   #454
7. 1940
   #612
8. 1950
   #434
9. 1960
   #297
10. 1970
    #227
11. 1980
    #172
12. 1990
    #133
13. 2000
    #67
14. 2010
    #42
15. 2020
    #76
16. 2025
    #67

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Angel's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.