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Boy's name · #67 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
89% boys · 11% girls — Angel is also given to girls: 551 in 2025, about 11% in recent years. Angel →
Angel's best rank, #31, came in 2006; it has settled back to #67 today. Roughly 266,000 boys have been named Angel since 1888.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#12 in Ecuador (2025) · #14 in Mexico (2024) · #20 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #37 in Spain (2024) · #634 in France (2025) · #1,004 in Austria (2025) · #1,313 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,581 in Switzerland (2025) · #594 in Canada (2024).
Among 3,049 notable people named Angel:
Military figures appear 1.43× more often than among typical names — e.g. Angel Marin, Bulgarian politician and general (1942–2024).
Similar names: Angelo · Gabriel · Andres · Jesus · Miguel · Adrian
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