Angela Name Popularity

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How popular is Angela?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Angela, ranked the 264th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Angela has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #5 was reached for the first time in 1974 and as recently as 1976.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1971 with 25,896 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Angela was 7 in 1880.

Angela, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1884-1892, 1894-1897, 1899-1903, 1904-1915, 1934-1937, 1939-1942, and 1943-1971, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1975-1998, 2000-2011, and 2014-2017.

For a number of years, the name Angela has steadily decreased in popularity. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Angela for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Angela?

Angela's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Angela is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Angela is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Angela (Girl)		Angela (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,236	264	< 5	--
2017		1,347	234	< 5	--
2016		1,509	214	< 5	--
2015		1,487	220	< 5	--
2014		1,734	191	< 5	--
2013		1,645	196	< 5	--
2012		1,639	193	< 5	--
2011		1,677	189	< 5	--
2010		1,914	160	< 5	--
2009		2,258	142	< 5	--
2008		2,538	133	8	9,050
2007		2,755	125	7	9,833
2006		2,925	114	9	8,034
2005		2,893	114	10	7,132
2004		3,158	105	9	7,559
2003		3,319	104	12	5,893
2002		3,713	83	8	7,676
2001		3,913	77	12	5,683
2000		3,826	79	9	6,869
1999		3,632	90	12	5,334
1998		3,369	100	11	5,486
1997		3,651	93	16	4,068
1996		3,864	90	13	4,622
1995		4,118	85	7	7,018
1994		4,414	81	9	5,890
1993		4,569	73	10	5,374
1992		5,078	69	15	3,926
1991		5,800	59	18	3,334
1990		6,664	52	30	2,311
1989		7,199	47	54	1,516
1988		7,913	38	33	1,948
1987		8,581	35	49	1,467
1986		9,268	33	43	1,537
1985		10,226	31	43	1,525
1984		11,294	26	58	1,197
1983		13,218	22	36	1,630
1982		15,002	16	57	1,229
1981		15,920	15	52	1,273
1980		17,971	12	58	1,202
1979		20,256	8	70	1,057
1978		20,511	7	73	1,011
1977		20,996	6	74	1,000
1976		22,042	5	58	1,113
1975		23,360	5	90	875
1974		22,802	5	89	849
1973		20,896	7	73	942
1972		23,556	6	70	969
1971		25,896	6	92	847
1970		24,927	6	83	882
1969		21,055	7	49	1,112
1968		20,669	7	51	1,035
1967		19,543	7	65	892
1966		18,530	9	48	1,059
1965		18,749	10	41	1,189
1964		16,260	22	43	1,173
1963		13,279	30	35	1,320
1962		11,658	36	27	1,512
1961		10,837	38	24	1,635
1960		8,683	50	21	1,775
1959		6,771	68	22	1,709
1958		5,759	83	17	1,958
1957		5,330	88	13	2,282
1956		5,031	93	11	2,499
1955		3,895	109	5	3,898
1954		3,541	118	8	2,952
1953		3,184	120	11	2,395
1952		2,641	134	8	2,880
1951		2,138	150	6	3,375
1950		2,057	148	5	3,711
1949		1,968	150	< 5	--
1948		1,801	158	< 5	--
1947		1,648	176	< 5	--
1946		1,280	192	6	3,191
1945		1,058	193	6	2,998
1944		1,008	200	6	3,120
1943		933	215	8	2,745
1942		1,016	201	6	3,226
1941		822	215	5	3,517
1940		726	234	< 5	--
1939		733	229	< 5	--
1938		717	233	11	2,187
1937		784	214	7	2,914
1936		595	253	< 5	--
1935		618	252	< 5	--
1934		626	250	< 5	--
1933		577	252	< 5	--
1932		608	252	8	2,854
1931		619	242	< 5	--
1930		640	243	10	2,618
1929		676	233	8	2,993
1928		621	259	7	3,368
1927		602	271	8	3,162
1926		572	278	5	4,235
1925		560	282	5	4,215
1924		600	267	5	4,375
1923		666	249	5	4,262
1922		640	258	8	3,262
1921		671	255	8	3,224
1920		665	255	9	2,975
1919		654	251	< 5	--
1918		721	238	5	4,203
1917		742	226	< 5	--
1916		716	229	< 5	--
1915		698	225	< 5	--
1914		590	212	< 5	--
1913		447	228	< 5	--
1912		398	223	< 5	--
1911		292	231	< 5	--
1910		260	239	< 5	--
1909		204	248	< 5	--
1908		183	260	< 5	--
1907		174	261	< 5	--
1906		123	301	< 5	--
1905		148	270	< 5	--
1904		124	286	< 5	--
1903		132	267	< 5	--
1902		116	291	< 5	--
1901		89	317	< 5	--
1900		107	327	< 5	--
1899		80	336	< 5	--
1898		98	317	< 5	--
1897		95	298	< 5	--
1896		60	370	< 5	--
1895		70	342	< 5	--
1894		64	345	< 5	--
1893		67	327	< 5	--
1892		63	335	< 5	--
1891		29	475	< 5	--
1890		45	373	< 5	--
1889		42	371	< 5	--
1888		33	432	< 5	--
1887		33	372	< 5	--
1886		24	439	< 5	--
1885		18	501	< 5	--
1884		20	450	< 5	--
1883		22	397	< 5	--
1882		24	361	< 5	--
1881		9	584	< 5	--
1880		7	683	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.