Angel

“Angel” — Greek via Latin origin

Boy's name · #67 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Angel's best rank, #31, came in 2006; it has settled back to #67 today. Roughly 266,000 boys have been named Angel since 1888.

Around the world: #20 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #37 in Spain (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Angels

Ángel Di María — Argentine footballer (born 1988)
Ángel Correa — Argentine association football player
Ángel Ortiz — Paraguayan association football player
Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas — Spanish writer, poet, playwright and politician (1791-1865)
Ángel Nieto — Spanish motorcycle racer

Among 3,049 notable people named Angel:

Military figures appear 1.43× more often than among typical names — e.g. Angel Marin, Bulgarian politician and general (1942–2024).

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