Angel: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AYN-juhl · 2 syllables

Angel means “messenger”, from Greek and Spanish.

Borrowed from Latin Angelus.

How popular is Angel?

Angel was the #67 name in the US in 2025, given to 5,308 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Angel in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Angel are older than 28; most are between 18 and 60. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Angel have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Angel means “messenger”. It comes from Greek and Spanish.

Angel is pronounced AYN-juhl.

Angel was the #67 name in the US in 2025, given to 5,308 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Angel are older than 28. Most are between 18 and 60.