Arcangel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ar-KAHN-hel
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Arcangel is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “archangel, chief angel”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Arcangel mean?
Spanish: Spanish word arcángel, from Greek arkhangelos
“archangel, chief angel”
From the Spanish word for archangel, the title given to Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
Is Arcangel a girl's or a boy's name?
Arcangel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arcangel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Arcangel, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Arcangel in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arcangel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Arcangel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago Ares Aziel Azriel Marquez Luca Juancarlos Miguelangel Juanpablo Ario Santiago Cruz
More Spanish names
Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra Paloma
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, “Arcangel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arcangel, updated 20 October 2026.