Angi
Feminine · “angel”
Angi is Angie with the e dropped, a short form of Angela written on birth records as a name in full. It is two bright syllables, friendly and warm.
How old is the name Angi?
Angi first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Angi alive today was born around 1971, making them about 54 years old. About 500 people named Angi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Angi most popular?
Angi peaked in 1965, reaching #2247 nationally. See the whole 1965 chart.
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Where it comes from
From angelos to Angi
The story of Angi
Angela and its short form Angie were familiar American names, and families wrote Angie in several ways, Angi among them. It may shorten Angela, Angelina or Angelica. No record says which, and beyond the spelling, it has the same history as Angie.
Meaningscholars disagree
angel, through Angela
Angie is a short form of Angela, from Greek angelos, messenger or angel. Angi is a spelling of it, and the record does not say which longer name a family meant.
How the name formed
- angelos
- Angela
- Angie
- Angi
Pronouncing Angi
AN-jee
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Angi
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 197034 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2247reached in 1965
- Change vs 2010
- −37.5%5 in 2011, from 8
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.
Angis among us
people named Angi are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Angi sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is warm and friendly.
- It connects to a familiar name with a lovely meaning.
- People will write Angie.
- It reads as a nickname, and many will assume a longer legal name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Angis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Angi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Angi in 2025?
- Angi is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Angi with classmates?
- Angi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with A, all years combined.
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