Angela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AN-je-la
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #408 for girls
Angela is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “messenger; angel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 408th for girls in the US (765 babies).
What does Angela mean?
Greek: via Latin
“messenger; angel”
Saint Angela Merici founded the Ursuline order of nuns in 1535.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Angela a girl's or a boy's name?
Angela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 765 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Angela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,135among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Angela, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 679th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 112 girls.
Half of all the girls named Angela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#85), 1944 (#37), 1954 (#20), 1964 (#12), 1974 (#28) and 1984 (#63).
Angela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 50 | #783 |
| 2021 | 45 | #860 |
| 2020 | 59 | #679 |
| 2019 | 56 | #753 |
| 2018 | 64 | #683 |
| 2017 | 76 | #609 |
| 2016 | 76 | #605 |
| 2015 | 80 | #588 |
| 2014 | 88 | #536 |
| 2013 | 83 | #552 |
| 2012 | 87 | #538 |
| 2011 | 90 | #515 |
| 2010 | 92 | #497 |
| 2009 | 96 | #472 |
| 2008 | 103 | #450 |
| 2007 | 96 | #460 |
| 2006 | 89 | #482 |
| 2005 | 89 | #458 |
| 2004 | 99 | #410 |
| 2003 | 91 | #428 |
| 2002 | 92 | #402 |
| 2001 | 95 | #384 |
| 2000 | 84 | #418 |
| 1999 | 83 | #424 |
| 1998 | 87 | #408 |
| 1997 | 89 | #414 |
| 1996 | 112 | #349 |
How popular is Angela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #408among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 765about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 765 girls in the US were named Angela, making it the 408th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 251st. Its busiest year was 1971, with 25,901 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Angela than any year since 1940.
Half of all the girls named Angela in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Angela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 765 | #408 |
| 2024 | 1,123 | #281 |
| 2023 | 1,214 | #255 |
| 2022 | 1,323 | #226 |
| 2021 | 1,282 | #234 |
| 2020 | 1,190 | #251 |
| 2019 | 1,272 | #257 |
| 2018 | 1,242 | #265 |
| 2017 | 1,352 | #234 |
| 2016 | 1,511 | #214 |
| 2015 | 1,492 | #220 |
| 2014 | 1,737 | #191 |
| 2013 | 1,651 | #196 |
| 2012 | 1,641 | #193 |
| 2011 | 1,679 | #189 |
| 2010 | 1,917 | #160 |
| 2009 | 2,258 | #142 |
| 2008 | 2,542 | #132 |
| 2007 | 2,756 | #125 |
| 2006 | 2,926 | #114 |
| 2005 | 2,897 | #113 |
| 2004 | 3,163 | #105 |
| 2003 | 3,320 | #104 |
| 2002 | 3,714 | #83 |
| 2001 | 3,915 | #77 |
| 2000 | 3,828 | #79 |
| 1999 | 3,632 | #90 |
| 1998 | 3,369 | #100 |
| 1997 | 3,652 | #93 |
| 1996 | 3,867 | #90 |
| 1995 | 4,119 | #85 |
| 1994 | 4,414 | #81 |
| 1993 | 4,572 | #73 |
| 1992 | 5,078 | #69 |
| 1991 | 5,802 | #59 |
| 1990 | 6,666 | #52 |
| 1989 | 7,199 | #47 |
| 1988 | 7,914 | #38 |
| 1987 | 8,583 | #35 |
| 1986 | 9,267 | #33 |
| 1985 | 10,227 | #31 |
| 1984 | 11,291 | #26 |
| 1983 | 13,219 | #22 |
| 1982 | 15,002 | #16 |
| 1981 | 15,924 | #15 |
| 1980 | 17,969 | #12 |
| 1979 | 20,256 | #8 |
| 1978 | 20,517 | #7 |
| 1977 | 20,998 | #6 |
| 1976 | 22,038 | #5 |
| 1975 | 23,361 | #5 |
| 1974 | 22,803 | #5 |
| 1973 | 20,898 | #7 |
| 1972 | 23,561 | #6 |
| 1971 | 25,901 | #6 |
| 1970 | 24,929 | #6 |
| 1969 | 21,060 | #7 |
| 1968 | 20,670 | #7 |
| 1967 | 19,555 | #7 |
| 1966 | 18,532 | #9 |
| 1965 | 18,754 | #10 |
| 1964 | 16,256 | #22 |
| 1963 | 13,277 | #30 |
| 1962 | 11,664 | #36 |
| 1961 | 10,843 | #38 |
| 1960 | 8,683 | #50 |
| 1959 | 6,772 | #68 |
| 1958 | 5,768 | #83 |
| 1957 | 5,326 | #89 |
| 1956 | 5,034 | #93 |
| 1955 | 3,893 | #109 |
| 1954 | 3,543 | #118 |
| 1953 | 3,185 | #120 |
| 1952 | 2,642 | #134 |
| 1951 | 2,137 | #150 |
| 1950 | 2,057 | #148 |
| 1949 | 1,967 | #150 |
| 1948 | 1,801 | #158 |
| 1947 | 1,648 | #176 |
| 1946 | 1,278 | #192 |
| 1945 | 1,057 | #193 |
| 1944 | 1,008 | #200 |
| 1943 | 933 | #215 |
| 1942 | 1,016 | #201 |
| 1941 | 822 | #215 |
| 1940 | 726 | #234 |
| 1939 | 734 | #229 |
| 1938 | 717 | #233 |
| 1937 | 784 | #214 |
| 1936 | 595 | #253 |
| 1935 | 618 | #252 |
| 1934 | 627 | #250 |
| 1933 | 577 | #252 |
| 1932 | 608 | #252 |
| 1931 | 619 | #242 |
| 1930 | 639 | #244 |
| 1929 | 676 | #233 |
| 1928 | 621 | #259 |
| 1927 | 601 | #272 |
| 1926 | 572 | #278 |
| 1925 | 560 | #281 |
| 1924 | 600 | #267 |
| 1923 | 666 | #249 |
| 1922 | 641 | #258 |
| 1921 | 671 | #255 |
| 1920 | 665 | #255 |
| 1919 | 654 | #251 |
| 1918 | 721 | #238 |
| 1917 | 742 | #226 |
| 1916 | 716 | #229 |
| 1915 | 698 | #225 |
| 1914 | 590 | #212 |
| 1913 | 447 | #228 |
| 1912 | 398 | #223 |
| 1911 | 292 | #231 |
| 1910 | 260 | #239 |
| 1909 | 204 | #248 |
| 1908 | 183 | #260 |
| 1907 | 174 | #261 |
| 1906 | 123 | #301 |
| 1905 | 148 | #270 |
| 1904 | 124 | #286 |
| 1903 | 132 | #267 |
| 1902 | 116 | #291 |
| 1901 | 89 | #317 |
| 1900 | 107 | #327 |
| 1899 | 80 | #336 |
| 1898 | 98 | #317 |
| 1897 | 95 | #298 |
| 1896 | 60 | #370 |
| 1895 | 70 | #342 |
| 1894 | 64 | #345 |
| 1893 | 67 | #327 |
| 1892 | 63 | #335 |
| 1891 | 29 | #475 |
| 1890 | 45 | #373 |
| 1889 | 42 | #371 |
| 1888 | 33 | #431 |
| 1887 | 33 | #372 |
| 1886 | 24 | #439 |
| 1885 | 18 | #500 |
| 1884 | 20 | #449 |
| 1883 | 22 | #397 |
| 1882 | 24 | #360 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
Nicknames for Angela
Names like Angela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria Melissa Alexandra Jessica Victoria Amanda Ariana Anna Athena Alana Francesca Georgina
Names related to Angela
Angel Angelie Angeli Angelle Angely Angelia Angelly Angelee Angelli
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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, “Angela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/angela, updated 20 October 2026.