Angela remains a common girls' name (#408 in 2025), down from a peak of #5 in 1974.
Angela is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #408 for girl births in the United States (and #842 across all names), given to 765 babies. Angela was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1971 (25,901 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 765 | 765 | #408 | — |
| 2024 | 1,123 | 1,128 | #281 | — |
| 2023 | 1,214 | 1,214 | #255 | — |
| 2022 | 1,323 | 1,329 | #226 | — |
| 2021 | 1,282 | 1,288 | #235 | — |
| 2020 | 1,190 | 1,203 | #251 | — |
| 2019 | 1,272 | 1,280 | #257 | — |
| 2018 | 1,242 | 1,254 | #265 | — |
| 2017 | 1,352 | 1,359 | #234 | — |
| 2016 | 1,511 | 1,533 | #214 | — |
| 2015 | 1,492 | 1,506 | #220 | — |
| 2014 | 1,737 | 1,753 | #191 | — |
| 2013 | 1,651 | 1,656 | #196 | — |
| 2012 | 1,641 | 1,658 | #193 | — |
| 2011 | 1,679 | 1,700 | #189 | — |
| 2010 | 1,917 | 1,939 | #160 | — |
| 2009 | 2,258 | 2,283 | #142 | — |
| 2008 | 2,550 | 2,570 | #132 | #9,057 |
| 2007 | 2,763 | 2,813 | #125 | #9,837 |
| 2006 | 2,935 | 2,970 | #114 | #8,035 |
| 2005 | 2,907 | 2,943 | #113 | #7,134 |
| 2004 | 3,172 | 3,207 | #105 | #7,564 |
| 2003 | 3,332 | 3,379 | #104 | #5,894 |
| 2002 | 3,722 | 3,772 | #83 | #7,681 |
| 2001 | 3,927 | 3,969 | #77 | #5,687 |
| 2000 | 3,837 | 3,889 | #79 | #6,872 |
| 1999 | 3,644 | 3,687 | #90 | #5,334 |
| 1998 | 3,380 | 3,434 | #100 | #5,487 |
| 1997 | 3,668 | — | #93 | #4,069 |
| 1996 | 3,880 | — | #90 | #4,622 |
| 1995 | 4,126 | — | #85 | #7,021 |
| 1994 | 4,423 | — | #81 | #5,890 |
| 1993 | 4,582 | — | #73 | #5,373 |
| 1992 | 5,093 | — | #69 | #3,927 |
| 1991 | 5,820 | — | #59 | #3,336 |
| 1990 | 6,696 | — | #52 | #2,312 |
| 1989 | 7,253 | — | #47 | #1,516 |
| 1988 | 7,947 | — | #38 | #1,950 |
| 1987 | 8,632 | — | #35 | #1,468 |
| 1986 | 9,310 | — | #33 | #1,537 |
| 1985 | 10,270 | — | #31 | #1,524 |
| 1984 | 11,349 | — | #26 | #1,198 |
| 1983 | 13,255 | — | #22 | #1,632 |
| 1982 | 15,059 | — | #16 | #1,229 |
| 1981 | 15,976 | — | #15 | #1,273 |
| 1980 | 18,027 | — | #12 | #1,204 |
| 1979 | 20,326 | — | #8 | #1,057 |
| 1978 | 20,590 | — | #7 | #1,012 |
| 1977 | 21,072 | — | #6 | #999 |
| 1976 | 22,096 | — | #5 | #1,113 |
| 1975 | 23,451 | — | #5 | #875 |
| 1974 | 22,892 | — | #5 | #849 |
| 1973 | 20,971 | — | #7 | #942 |
| 1972 | 23,630 | — | #6 | #976 |
| 1971 | 25,993 | — | #6 | #848 |
| 1970 | 25,012 | — | #6 | #884 |
| 1969 | 21,109 | — | #7 | #1,110 |
| 1968 | 20,721 | — | #7 | #1,034 |
| 1967 | 19,620 | — | #7 | #893 |
| 1966 | 18,580 | — | #9 | #1,059 |
| 1965 | 18,795 | — | #10 | #1,190 |
| 1964 | 16,299 | — | #22 | #1,173 |
| 1963 | 13,312 | — | #30 | #1,319 |
| 1962 | 11,691 | — | #36 | #1,515 |
| 1961 | 10,867 | — | #38 | #1,636 |
| 1960 | 8,704 | — | #50 | #1,774 |
| 1959 | 6,794 | — | #68 | #1,712 |
| 1958 | 5,785 | — | #83 | #1,956 |
| 1957 | 5,339 | — | #89 | #2,279 |
| 1956 | 5,045 | — | #93 | #2,499 |
| 1955 | 3,898 | — | #109 | #3,897 |
| 1954 | 3,551 | — | #118 | #2,954 |
| 1953 | 3,196 | — | #120 | #2,397 |
| 1952 | 2,650 | — | #134 | #2,881 |
| 1951 | 2,143 | — | #150 | #3,374 |
| 1950 | 2,062 | — | #148 | #3,708 |
| 1949 | 1,967 | — | #150 | — |
| 1948 | 1,801 | — | #158 | — |
| 1947 | 1,648 | — | #176 | — |
| 1946 | 1,284 | — | #192 | #3,193 |
| 1945 | 1,063 | — | #193 | #3,001 |
| 1944 | 1,014 | — | #200 | #3,120 |
| 1943 | 941 | — | #215 | #2,745 |
| 1942 | 1,022 | — | #201 | #3,225 |
| 1941 | 827 | — | #215 | #3,519 |
| 1940 | 726 | — | #234 | — |
| 1939 | 734 | — | #229 | — |
| 1938 | 728 | — | #233 | #2,187 |
| 1937 | 791 | — | #214 | #2,915 |
| 1936 | 595 | — | #253 | — |
| 1935 | 618 | — | #252 | — |
| 1934 | 627 | — | #250 | — |
| 1933 | 577 | — | #252 | — |
| 1932 | 616 | — | #252 | #2,855 |
| 1931 | 619 | — | #242 | — |
| 1930 | 649 | — | #244 | #2,617 |
| 1929 | 684 | — | #233 | #2,993 |
| 1928 | 628 | — | #259 | #3,368 |
| 1927 | 609 | — | #272 | #3,162 |
| 1926 | 577 | — | #278 | #4,233 |
| 1925 | 565 | — | #282 | #4,217 |
| 1924 | 605 | — | #267 | #4,374 |
| 1923 | 671 | — | #249 | #4,261 |
| 1922 | 649 | — | #258 | #3,263 |
| 1921 | 679 | — | #255 | #3,223 |
| 1920 | 674 | — | #255 | #2,976 |
| 1919 | 654 | — | #251 | — |
| 1918 | 726 | — | #238 | #4,202 |
| 1917 | 742 | — | #226 | — |
| 1916 | 716 | — | #229 | — |
| 1915 | 698 | — | #225 | — |
| 1914 | 590 | — | #212 | — |
| 1913 | 447 | — | #228 | — |
| 1912 | 398 | — | #223 | — |
| 1911 | 292 | — | #231 | — |
| 1910 | 260 | — | #239 | — |
| 1909 | 204 | — | #248 | — |
| 1908 | 183 | — | #260 | — |
| 1907 | 174 | — | #261 | — |
| 1906 | 123 | — | #301 | — |
| 1905 | 148 | — | #270 | — |
| 1904 | 124 | — | #286 | — |
| 1903 | 132 | — | #267 | — |
| 1902 | 116 | — | #291 | — |
| 1901 | 89 | — | #317 | — |
| 1900 | 107 | — | #327 | — |
| 1899 | 80 | — | #336 | — |
| 1898 | 98 | — | #317 | — |
| 1897 | 95 | — | #298 | — |
| 1896 | 60 | — | #370 | — |
| 1895 | 70 | — | #342 | — |
| 1894 | 64 | — | #345 | — |
| 1893 | 67 | — | #327 | — |
| 1892 | 63 | — | #335 | — |
| 1891 | 29 | — | #475 | — |
| 1890 | 45 | — | #373 | — |
| 1889 | 42 | — | #371 | — |
| 1888 | 33 | — | #432 | — |
| 1887 | 33 | — | #372 | — |
| 1886 | 24 | — | #439 | — |
| 1885 | 18 | — | #501 | — |
| 1884 | 20 | — | #450 | — |
| 1883 | 22 | — | #397 | — |
| 1882 | 24 | — | #361 | — |
| 1881 | 9 | — | #584 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #683 | — |