Angela
Angela is a female given name. It is derived from the Greek word ángelos (ἄγγελος), meaning angel from Greek belief systems. In the United States, the name "Angela" was at its most popular between 1965 and 1979, when it was ranked among the top 10 names for girls.
Meaning & Origin of Angela
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Angela is a female given name. It is derived from the Greek word ángelos (ἄγγελος), meaning angel from Greek belief systems. In the United States, the name "Angela" was at its most popular between 1965 and 1979, when it was ranked among the top 10 names for girls.
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The Story of Angela
Angela first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1971, when 25,900 Angelas were born — ranking #6 that year. As of 2026, Angela ranks #277 for baby girls with 1,148 births, gradually falling (-6%). In total, more than 675K Angelas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Angela
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- Angela (singer) (born 1991), Ukrainian singer and model
- Angela of Foligno (1248–1309), Franciscan, Catholic, saint
- Angela Aames (1956–1988), American B-movie actress
- Angelica Bäumer (1932–2025), Austrian art critic and art historian
- Ángela Acuña Braun (1888–1983), Costa Rican lawyer, writer and feminist
- Angela Adamoli (born 1972), former Italian basketball player
- Angela Adams (born 1965), American rug designer
- Angela Addison (born 1999), English association football player
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Names that sound like Angela
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About the name Angela
Angela is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 675K births in the dataset. Angela's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #5. Use the chart and map above to compare Angela's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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