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How popular is the name Angel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Angels are alive today.
Angel (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 419th in 2025 with 97 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2007, when 527 babies were given the name, the 101st most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 8,100 babies have been named Angel in England and Wales since 1996.
The Angel you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Angels born in England and Wales are between 14 and 24, and there are at least 8,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Angel.
How many babies are named Angel each year?
Where does Angel rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Angel most popular?
Angel peaked in 2007, when 527 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Angel?
At least 8,800 people named Angel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Angel?
Most living Angels are between 14 and 24; the most common age is about 18.
Is Angel becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak.