Angel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Angel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Angel: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #60 in 2000, and it stood at #443 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
122times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#60highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Angel's record

Moved 210 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#346
1997	#283
1998	#219
1999	#180
2000	#152
2001	#129
2002	#144
2003	#124
2004	#128
2005	#116
2006	#110
2007	#101
2008	#107
2009	#112
2010	#131
2011	#123
2012	#141
2013	#177
2014	#195
2015	#228
2016	#293
2017	#335
2018	#323
2019	#362
2020	#399
2021	#389
2022	#438
2023	#440
2024	#460

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #460 among girls in England and Wales, #476 among girls in Scotland, #504 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #346 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2011
Highest recorded position: #60 among girls in New Zealand, in 2000 (recorded 1998–2011).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Angel appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 8,076 births with the name.

Angel across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Angel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#346 (1996)	#101 (2007)	#460 (2024)	29 of 29	8,076 (1996–2024)	527 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#440 (1997)	#177 (2007)	#443 (2025)	28 of 29	388 (1997–2025)	32 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#2419 (1998)	#1071 (2023)	#1199 (2024)	27 of 27	420 (1998–2024)	27 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#291 (1999)	#191 (2001)	#391 (2023)	22 of 25	119 (1999–2023)	10 (2008)
New Zealand · Girls	#73 (1998)	#60 (2000)	#91 (2011)	12 of 14	695 (1998–2011)	70 (2000)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#506 (2004)	#506 (2004)	#730 (2011)	3 of 8	9 (2004–2011)	3 (2004)

Angel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Angel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	663	4 of 10	166
2000sbusiest	4,223	10 of 10	422
2010s	2,689	10 of 10	269
2020s	501	5 of 10	100

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 422 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 103, from 402 to 299.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Angel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #60 in New Zealand in 2004.

Angel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#460	90	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1199	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#440	91	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#438	97	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#389	115	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#399	108	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#362	120	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#323	147	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#335	142	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#293	169	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#228	222	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#195	275	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#177	299	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#141	402	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#123	477	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#131	436	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#112	480	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#107	520	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1206	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#101	527	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#110	480	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#116	448	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#128	393	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#124	406	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#144	311	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#129	354	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#152	304	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#180	247	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#219	189	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#283	128	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#346	99	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#91	47	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#74	56	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#72	58	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#65	58	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#71	49	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#60	63	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#64	60	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#62	60	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#69	61	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#60	70	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#83	52	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#73	61	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#198	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#265	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#202	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#191	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#220	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	19	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#337	15	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	25	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	19	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	20	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	32	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	25	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	17	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	17	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	11	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #60, first reached in 2000.

It held a top-100 place in 12 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 527 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Anfal · #2115, 23y
Angad · #965, 23y
Angel-Rose · #1865, 18y
Angela · #3, 74y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Tori · #60, 33y
Darcy · #61, 30y
Cole · #62, 31y
Lainey · #56, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lochlan · #60, 29y
Tori · #60, 33y
Brayden · #59, 30y
Brooklyn · #61, 30y

Angel was ranked #60 in New Zealand · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Angel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Angel without appearing here.

Angel moved ahead of

Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1578 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1206 and #3687.
Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1578 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1206 and #3158.
Kristoffer Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2419 and #1821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1425 and #3036.
Nils Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1799 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1410 and #3009.

Moved ahead of Angel

Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1246 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1892 and #1168.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1410 and #875.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1410 and #1160.
Luca Compare
In 2020 they stood at #471 and #873 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #883 and #661.

Moved the opposite way to Angel

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Angel went from #283 to #460 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Angel went from #283 to #460 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Olive Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Angel went from #270 to #443 while Olive went from #498 to #247.
Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Angel went from #2419 to #1199 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.

Moved the same way as Angel

Tina Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Angel went from #270 to #443 and Tina from #498 to #718.
Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Angel went from #2419 to #1199 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Angel went from #2419 to #1199 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Angel went from #2419 to #1199 and Alfred from #174 to #81.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #60 in New Zealand in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Angel

Angel at a glance

What stands out in Angel's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Angel across 6 official records

Angel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Angel appears in

Popularity data

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Angel across 6 official records

Angel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Angel appears in

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