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Angelee

Feminine · “messenger”

1923high 2008
#13208 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare6 girls in 2025

Before it meant a winged being, angelos meant a messenger — an ordinary Greek word for someone carrying news, used of runners and heralds long before it was used of anything supernatural. The translators of the Hebrew Bible borrowed it, and the word acquired wings. Angelee is the American version of the name that came out of all that, with an ending that fixes the final vowel.

How old is the name Angelee?

Angelee first appears in US birth records in 1923 — 102 years ago. The typical Angelee alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 1,300 people named Angelee are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Angelee most popular?

Angelee peaked in 1970, reaching #2856 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 10,352 places below that high. See the whole 1970 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Angelee

Angela and Angelina spread through Catholic Europe from the Middle Ages, and Italy in particular produced a large family of names on the root. The English-speaking world took Angela in the twentieth century and then went to work on it: Angelia, Angelie, Angelee, Angeline. What the -ee ending contributes is certainty — the final vowel of Angelie or Angeli could be read several ways, and the doubled e can only be read one. American records carry this spelling from the early twentieth century, though it is strongest much later and particularly in Texas.

Meaning

messenger

From the Greek angelos, a messenger. Its use for divine messengers comes from the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, where it renders a Hebrew word that also simply means messenger. The English word angel and this name are the same word, and the wings are a later addition.

How the name formed

  1. angelos
  2. Angela
  3. Angelee

Related forms: Angela · Ángela · Angèle · Angeliki · Angélica

Pronouncing Angelee

AN-juh-lee

Three syllables, stress on the first, with the last unambiguous thanks to the doubled e. Some families move the weight to the end, an-juh-LEE; both are heard.

Nicknames for Angelee

Moderate

AngieThe standard American short form for this whole family
LeeThe final syllable alone, fully unisex and a standing name in its own right
AngelThe name minus its ending, which is a complete given name for either sex in American and Spanish use
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1923–20255628056619232025

US babies named Angelee per year from 1923 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#28561920s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1923
Most girls named
200856 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2856reached in 1970
Change vs 2024
−14.3%6 in 2025, from 7
Angelee sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2008, with 56 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Angelee in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Angela in Italian — related form
  • Ángela in Spanish — related form
  • Angèle in French — related form
  • Angeliki in Greek — related form
  • Angélica in Portuguese — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.

Angelees among us

1,300

people named Angelee are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Angelee

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Clea test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Angelee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Clea climbed just as high around 1936, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Clea's path sketches the road Angelee is walking now.

40%chance Angelee will feel dated by 2040
Angelee, aligned on its peakClea· peak 1936not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsClea · #8440Angelee today
Angelee today is about where Clea stood in 1991 — 55 years past a #2857-sized peak. By 2006, Clea had settled around #8440.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Angelee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Angelee beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Angelee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Angeleethis name6#13208Sulema6#13208Karine6#13208Zoraida6#13208Maryjean6#13208

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The -ee ending removes any doubt about the final vowel, which the other spellings leave open.
  • Angie and Angel are both available and are among the most established short forms in American naming.
  • The meaning is a single concrete word with a good story about how it changed.
  • Three syllables of soft consonants sit well after almost any surname.
What to consider
  • Angela, Angelie and Angeli all sit nearby, so the spelling has to be dictated.
  • The stress placement is not settled, and a girl will hear her name both ways.
  • The word it is built on carries a heavy set of associations that a child does not choose.

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Frequently asked

How many Angelees are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Angelee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Angelee in 2025?
Angelee ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Angelee?
About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Angelee — 6 in all.
Will my child share the name Angelee with classmates?
Angelee will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Sulema#13208 · Karine#13208 · Zoraida#13208 · Maryjean#13208 · Gwynne#13208 · Carmin#13208 · Marnita#13208 · Siri#13208

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