Aengus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AYN-gus
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Aengus is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “one strength”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Aengus mean?
Irish: from Old Irish Óengus
“one strength”
In Irish myth Aengus Óg, god of love and youth, dwelt at Brú na Bóinne, the Newgrange tomb.
Is Aengus a girl's or a boy's name?
Aengus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aengus in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 boys.
Aengus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2 | #4,226 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Aengus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Aengus, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Aengus than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Aengus in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aengus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Nicknames for Aengus
- Gus 39 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aengus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Fergus Rowan Yunus Luca Angus Ruairi Aiden Atlas Finn Albie Lorcan
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aengus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aengus, updated 20 October 2026.