Angus

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Angus is an English language masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name Aonghas, which is composed of Celtic elements meaning "one" and "choice". Short forms of the name include Gus, which may be lengthened to Gussie, and Irish Naos.

From Wikipedia

Angus first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 126 babies (rank #1,307 that year). In 2024 it was given to 68 boys (rank #2,149). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Angus

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Angus yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

6,692

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

126

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Angus

Angus Youngrock musician · b. 1955
Angus Deatonuniversity teacher · b. 1945
Angus Kingco-producer · b. 1944
Angus T. Jonesfilm actor · b. 1993
Angus Cloudmodel · b. 1998

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	17	#426
1881	9	#597
1882	24	#365
1883	17	#433
1884	15	#488
1885	14	#498
1886	15	#471
1887	16	#421
1888	14	#529
1889	14	#500
1890	21	#390
1891	11	#565
1892	14	#549
1893	10	#652
1894	13	#567
1895	15	#529
1896	14	#553
1897	15	#516
1898	13	#611
1899	17	#457
1900	14	#680
1901	9	#731
1902	15	#557
1903	13	#621
1904	17	#540
1905	11	#743
1906	11	#754
1907	11	#819
1908	7	#1,120
1909	20	#590
1910	20	#655
1911	23	#646
1912	28	#835
1913	38	#760
1914	59	#659
1915	72	#682
1916	63	#773
1917	54	#864
1918	67	#796
1919	72	#761
1920	61	#877
1921	69	#826
1922	68	#818
1923	72	#777
1924	61	#886
1925	63	#835
1926	88	#676
1927	69	#799
1928	64	#818
1929	45	#1,011
1930	46	#1,007
1931	52	#889
1932	40	#1,056
1933	37	#1,079
1934	45	#942
1935	31	#1,197
1936	32	#1,169
1937	38	#1,033
1938	40	#1,010
1939	33	#1,121
1940	41	#1,007
1941	41	#1,005
1942	37	#1,119
1943	43	#1,019
1944	34	#1,137
1945	42	#986
1946	41	#1,076
1947	36	#1,213
1948	50	#989
1949	40	#1,110
1950	37	#1,183
1951	32	#1,297
1952	36	#1,227
1953	34	#1,283
1954	39	#1,200
1955	39	#1,199
1956	34	#1,317
1957	34	#1,346
1958	22	#1,678
1959	38	#1,265
1960	34	#1,361
1961	27	#1,549
1962	25	#1,589
1963	37	#1,280
1964	30	#1,435
1965	23	#1,627
1966	24	#1,581
1967	34	#1,288
1968	20	#1,790
1969	30	#1,464
1970	33	#1,461
1971	35	#1,442
1972	31	#1,536
1973	28	#1,657
1974	30	#1,620
1975	34	#1,530
1976	27	#1,828
1977	28	#1,823
1978	28	#1,834
1979	33	#1,712
1980	31	#1,807
1981	38	#1,578
1982	32	#1,774
1983	37	#1,596
1984	31	#1,796
1985	36	#1,698
1986	34	#1,792
1987	37	#1,763
1988	37	#1,818
1989	47	#1,659
1990	37	#2,012
1991	61	#1,452
1992	56	#1,573
1993	62	#1,493
1994	71	#1,385
1995	78	#1,327
1996	106	#1,120
1997	92	#1,252
1998	96	#1,263
1999	95	#1,283
2000	95	#1,341
2001	119	#1,160
2002	83	#1,506
2003	109	#1,291
2004	102	#1,394
2005	99	#1,472
2006	126	#1,307
2007	106	#1,496
2008	91	#1,679
2009	112	#1,488
2010	87	#1,740
2011	68	#2,000
2012	84	#1,776
2013	82	#1,762
2014	108	#1,492
2015	88	#1,740
2016	76	#1,920
2017	95	#1,661
2018	84	#1,809
2019	84	#1,815
2020	69	#2,044
2021	63	#2,225
2022	86	#1,853
2023	77	#1,986
2024	68	#2,149