Angie
Angie is the diminutive form of five different names in English. It can be the pet form of the feminine Angela or Angelina, the masculine Angus or Angelo or the unisex Angel. In Greece, the equivalent of the feminine name Angie is Angeliki.
Meaning & Origin of Angie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Angie is the diminutive form of five different names in English. It can be the pet form of the feminine Angela or Angelina, the masculine Angus or Angelo or the unisex Angel. In Greece, the equivalent of the feminine name Angie is Angeliki.
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The Story of Angie
Angie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 36 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1975, when 1,948 Angies were born — ranking #140 that year. As of 2026, Angie ranks #628 for baby girls with 475 births, gradually rising (+6%). In total, more than 66K Angies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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About the name Angie
Angie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 66K births in the dataset. Angie's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #140. Use the chart and map above to compare Angie'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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