Angel

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 89% girls / 11% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Angel is a given name meaning "angel". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. Angel is from the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus, which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature.

From Wikipedia

Angel first appears in the data in 1975 and has been recorded in 40 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2002 with 77 babies (rank #200 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Angel

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

1,135
Total babies (all years)
40
Years in the data
77
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19751#1,355
19761#1,359
19773#1,055
19783#1,083
19792#1,210
19802#1,240
19812#1,210
19825#942
19835#947
19847#840
19856#914
19866#935
198710#742
19886#937
19896#946
19908#874
19918#868
199218#580
199316#632
199410#789
199519#551
199619#549
199716#610
199835#388
199928#439
200029#436
200170#222
200277#200
200355#253
200464#230
200548#264
200663#213
200767#197
200858#217
200958#216
201048#241
201139#276
201241#248
201325#354
201429#314