Angella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AN-jel-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Angella is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “angel, messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Angella mean?
Greek: spelling of Angela
“angel, messenger”
Angela comes from Greek angelos, 'messenger'; St Angela Merici founded the Ursuline order of nuns in 1535.
Is Angella a girl's or a boy's name?
Angella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Angella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Angella, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 149 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
2025 had more girls named Angella than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Angella in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Angella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 51 | #2,127 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,264 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,855 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,565 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,490 |
| 1980 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 1979 | 109 | #1,198 |
| 1978 | 120 | #1,087 |
| 1977 | 128 | #1,034 |
| 1976 | 120 | #1,032 |
| 1975 | 134 | #943 |
| 1974 | 110 | #1,070 |
| 1973 | 129 | #941 |
| 1972 | 103 | #1,096 |
| 1971 | 149 | #889 |
| 1970 | 139 | #926 |
| 1969 | 111 | #1,036 |
| 1968 | 97 | #1,074 |
| 1967 | 76 | #1,219 |
| 1966 | 80 | #1,201 |
| 1965 | 82 | #1,187 |
| 1964 | 76 | #1,265 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,892 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,552 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,137 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
Nicknames for Angella
Names like Angella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Amanda Andrea Christina Cassandra Alexandra Alana Ana Athena Selena Vanessa Maria
Names related to Angella
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Angella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/angella, updated 20 October 2026.