Angela
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Angela
Angela was a Top 10 name from 1965 to 1979, the fifth most popular name for three years, and staying in the double digits until the turn of the 21st century. Today, though, Angelina or Angelica would be more fashionable options.
Angela has a number of notable namesakes, including activist Angela Davis, German Chancellor Merkel, and actresses Lansbury, Bassett and Kinsey.
Angela is also given to boys.
Pronounced AN-jel-uh.
As of October 2026, Angela ranked #408 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5 in 1975, Nameberry popularity #609.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #191 | 1,737 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #220 | 1,491 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #214 | 1,511 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #235 | 1,351 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #265 | 1,242 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #257 | 1,271 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #251 | 1,189 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #235 | 1,282 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #226 | 1,321 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #255 | 1,213 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #282 | 1,117 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #408 | 765 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Angela for girls
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Angela on lists
Famous Angelas
- Angela Dorothea MerkelGirl
Chancellor of Germany
- Angela Faye KinseyGirl
American actress
- Angela BradburnGirl
Spangler, American high jumper
- Angela Brigid LansburyGirl
British,American,Irish actress
- Angela SarafyanGirl
Armenian,American actress
- Angela Yvonne DavisGirl
American political activist
- Angela Evelyn Bassett (Vance)Girl
American actress
- Angela LindvallGirl
American model
- Angela CarterGirl
English novelist and short story writer
- Angela HaynesGirl
American tennis player
- Angela KangGirl
American TV writer and producer
- Angela Jennifer "AJ" Lambert PaparozziGirl
daughter of singer Nancy Sinatra; granddaughter of singer Frank Sinatra
- Angela Gisela BrownGirl
Princess of Liechtenstein, first person of known African origin to marry a member of a reigning European dynasty
- Angela Georgina BurdettGirl
Coutts, Baroness Burdett,Coutts, English philanthropist
- Angela Michelle "Angie" HarmonGirl
American actress
- Angela Kay "Angie" EverhartGirl
American model and actress
- Angela Laverne BrownGirl
birth name of Angie Stone, American soul singer,songwriter
- Angela Kristine "Angie" Miller aka ZealynGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Angela MacDonald "Angie" BestGirl
English model; first wife of footballer George Best
- Angela "Angie" Dickinson star of the hit 70's dramaGirl
Police Woman
- Angela "Angie" MartinezGirl
American radio host
- Angela Margaret ThirkellGirl
Anglo,Australian novelist
- Angela Margaret CartwrightGirl
Anglo,American actress
- Angela aka AngelababyGirl
stage name of Yang Ying, Chinese model, actress, and singer
- Angela WatsonGirl
American actress, former model from ABC TGIF sitcom "Step by Step"
- Angela WhiteGirl
(b. 1985) Adult actress
- Angela GiarratanaGirl
American actress, singer, performer, member of Smosh and Starkid
Angela in pop culture
- Angela ShepardGirl
character in That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
- Angela Noelle Martin SchruteGirl
character on US TV series "The Office"
- Angela BowerGirl
character on TV's "Who's the Boss?"
- Angela MontenegroGirl
character on TV show "Bones"
- Angela ChaseGirl
character on TV show "My So,Called Life"
- Angela HayesGirl
character in film "American Beauty"
- Angela LeathGirl
beloved of Charley in "The Holly Tree" (Charles Dickens)
- Angela JafaarGirl
TV personality from "All American Muslim"
- Angela RothGirl
mother of Teen Titans' superheroine Raven
- Angela MooreGirl
character on the TV show "Boy Meets World"
- Angela PetrelliGirl
character on the show "Heroes"
- Angela LiGirl
school principal in animated series "Daria"
- Angela AnacondaGirl
Canadian cutout animation TV series
- Angela McCourtGirl
character in book/movie "Angela's Ashes"
- Angela HunterGirl
character in the book "Generation Dead"
- Angela MossGirl
character in "Mr. Robot"
- Angela ChenGirl
character in DC Universe
- AngelaGirl
character in the Inheritance Cycle
- AngelaGirl
character in Spawn and Marvel comics
- Angela Castillo SotoGirl
character in telenovela "Destinos"
- Angela FavorleighGirl
an extremely wealthy and snobby girl in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
- Sister Mary AngelaGirl
character in the House Of Night series (PC Cast)
- "Angela"Girl
Song by Bob James
- "Angela"Girl
Song by Jarvis Cocker
- "Angela"Girl
song by John Lennon
- Dr Angela 'Mercy' ZieglerGirl
Character from the video game 'Overwatch '
- Angela 'Angie' MartinelliGirl
Character from the TV show 'Agent Carter'
- Angela Julienne TurnerGirl
daughter of Dr Patrick Turner and ShelaghTurner in British TV Drama 'Call The Midwife'
- Angela VicarioGirl
main character in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"
- Angela OroscoGirl
character in the video game "Silent Hill 2"
- Talking AngelaGirl
a character in the Talking Tom and friends series
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- AndzelaGirl
- AnelaGirl
- AneljaGirl
- AngalaGirl
- AnganitaGirl
- AngelGirl
- AngelanellGirl
- AngelanetteGirl
- AngeleighGirl
- AngeleneGirl
- AngeletaGirl
- AngeliGirl
- AngelicGirl
- AngelicaGirl
- AngellaGirl
- AngelleGirl
- AngellinaGirl
- AngellitaGirl
- AngiGirl
- AngieGirl
- AngilGirl
- AngiolaGirl
- AngyGirl
- AngyolaGirl
- AniujillaGirl
- AnjaliGirl
- AnjelGirl
- AnjelaGirl
- AnjeleGirl
- AnjelicaGirl
- AnjelinaGirl
- AnjellaGirl
- AnjiGirl
- AnjieGirl
- AnjyGirl
- AnngelaGirl
- AnngilGirl
- AnngillaGirl
- AnngiolaGirl
- AnnjelaGirl
- AnyelleGirl
- OhngelGirl
- OhnjellaGirl
- OnngelleGirl
- OnnjeliaGirl