Masculine dossier · first seen 1888

Angel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Angel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

11,602

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1888Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

57.2%

2024

4,964

All-time

261,068

Angel has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 11,602 boys were named Angel.

In 2024, only 4,964 boys were given the name.

Down 57.2% from its peak.

All told, about 261,068 Americans have been named Angel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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