Angel
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Angel
As a boys' name, Angel has two distinct name personalities. One is as a perennial favorite Hispanic boys’ name, popular in the US along with Spain, Mexico, and South America.
Angel for boys#67 US
Then Buffy the Vampire Slayer brought Angel into the Anglo camp, where it's now heard more frequently, pronounced the English way. Angel entered the boys' Top 100 in 1997 and remains solidly there today.
Angel's popularity for girls began to wane at the same time the name took off for boys. Any child named Angel, of whatever gender or nationality, has a, well, angelic image to live up to or live down.
Other notable male Angels: the husband in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a character on Dexter, and several athletes.
Angel for girls#546 US
Angel is one of those names that has a very different trajectory for girls and boys. As a female name, it was most popular in the US from the 1970s until the turn of this century, almost breaking into the Top 100 at its peak in 2001 but then beginning a long slide down the list.
This may be partly because other forms of Angel -- Angela, Angie, Angelica, Angelina -- have dropped from favor too. Or it may be because of the crossover popularity of Angel for boys, partially inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
As a boys' name, Angel entered the Top 100 in 1997 and remains there today.
Spice Girl Melanie Brown named her daughter Angel Iris.
Pronounced AYN-jun; AHN-hel (Spanish).
As of October 2026, Angel ranked #67 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #31 in 2006, Nameberry popularity #374.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #67 | 6,313 | #274 | 1,202 |
| 2015 | #64 | 6,114 | #284 | 1,123 |
| 2016 | #70 | 5,561 | #321 | 1,017 |
| 2017 | #71 | 5,274 | #348 | 929 |
| 2018 | #72 | 5,064 | #369 | 855 |
| 2019 | #73 | 4,914 | #393 | 786 |
| 2020 | #76 | 4,524 | #439 | 700 |
| 2021 | #67 | 4,716 | #481 | 651 |
| 2022 | #62 | 5,098 | #515 | 605 |
| 2023 | #63 | 4,890 | #515 | 589 |
| 2024 | #63 | 4,964 | #498 | 613 |
| 2025 | #67 | 4,757 | #546 | 551 |
World rankings
Angel for girls
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Angel on lists
Famous Angels
- Ángel CabreraBoy
Argentine golfer
- Angel D'MezaBoy
Cuban baseball player
- Angel Di MariaBoy
Argentine footballer
- Ernst AngelBoy
Australian poet and psychologist
- Angel RubioBoy
American NFL football player
- Ángel Domingo López (Ruano)Boy
Spanish footballer
- Ángel Valodia Matos (Fuentes)Boy
Cuban taekwondo athlete
- Ángel Manuel PagánBoy
Puerto Rican baseball player
- (Luis) Ángel Cereceda ParraBoy
Chilean singer,songwriter
- Angel MedinaBoy
American pro wrestler
- Angel BoiBoy
American rapper
- Angel Jesus SmithBoy
Salgueiro, son of celebrity chef Art Smith
- Ashley Parker AngelBoy
American singer of boy band O,Town
- Angel Leonie CoulbyGirl
English actress
- Angel Lajuane McCoughtryGirl
American basketball player
- Angel OlsenGirl
American singer/songwriter
- Angel Marie FaithGirl
American R&B singer of group No Secrets
- Angel Katherine Reece aka Hailey HatredGirl
American pro wrestler
- Angelina Myers "Angel" MartinoGirl
American Olympic swimmer
- Angel KellyGirl
American adult film actress
- Angel Iris Murphy Brown (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of singer Mel B and actor Eddie Murphy
- Angel Harvey Hylton (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of Javine Hylton & MC Harvey
- Nariyah Angel Solomon (b. 2009)Girl
octuplet of Nadya Suleman
Angel in pop culture
- AngelBoy
character in TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and spin,off "Angel"
- Angel BatistaBoy
character on TV's "Dexter"
- Angel Castillo de ValleBoy
character in telenovela "Destinos"
- Angel ClareBoy
character in "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"
- Angel BunnyBoy
Fluttershy's pet bunny in the series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"
- Angel AllegriaBoy
character in the book "The Killer's Tears"
- Angel aka Warren Worthington IIIBoy
character in the X,Men series
- Angel RuizBoy
character in Barbara Kingsolver's book "The Bean Trees"
- Angel Aristotle Mendoza "Aristotle/AriBoy
" character in the Young Adult book, "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe," by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Angel Dumott SchunardBoy
character from RENT
- Angel DustBoy
character in the animated series "Hazbin Hotel"
- AngelGirl
character in Borderlands and Borderlands 2
- AngelGirl
from the James Patterson series "Maximum Ride"
- AngelGirl
playable character in One Must Fall: 2097
- Angel StarrGirl
character from "Ace Attorney"
- Angel DynamiteGirl
character in "Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated"
- AngelGirl
character in "Lady and the Tramp 2"
- Angel BunnyGirl
Fluttershy's pet bunny in "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"
- "Alita: Battle AngelGirl
" film and manga
- Angel BrightGirl
character in "Little Darlings"
- AngelGirl
character in the 2019 Film "Hustlers" played by Stormi Maya
- Angel CakeGirl
character from “Strawberry Shortcake”