Angela

Save to PinterestDownload

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Angela is a female given name. It is derived from the Greek word รกngelos, meaning angel from Greek belief systems. In the United States, the name "Angela" was at its most popular between 1965 and 1979, when it was ranked among the top 10 names for girls.

From Wikipedia

Angela first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1982 with 385 babies (rank #35 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Angela

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

11,064
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
385
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

Also a character in

Famous people named Angela

→ See names similar to Angela  ·  Compare Angela with another name โ†’  ·  Popular names of the 1980s  ·  Girls names starting with A

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with A

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195268#215
195388#171
195467#220
195581#189
195688#177
1957103#164
1958101#172
1959137#137
1960143#125
1961152#124
1962176#111
1963190#104
1964186#111
1965174#113
1966209#96
1967210#94
1968234#84
1969329#61
1970291#73
1971335#57
1972336#59
1973300#61
1974268#69
1975237#71
1976222#75
1977291#56
1978300#56
1979296#56
1980324#53
1981298#57
1982385#35
1983376#36
1984287#55
1985305#50
1986301#53
1987260#72
1988268#70
1989279#59
1990271#60
1991267#62
1992278#54
1993218#78
1994165#103
1995127#128
1996123#131
1997104#157
1998136#117
199991#174
200085#185
200182#193
200269#217
200357#244
200445#294
200539#312
200635#332
200746#269
200829#380
200917#511
201018#492
201124#384
201215#498
201313#521
201415#460