Angle
Feminine
Angle is given to both — 1,149 girls and 130 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
The Angles gave their name to England and the Saxons did not, which is odd given that the Saxons were more numerous and their kingdoms lasted longer. Angle-land became England; the language was called English from very early on; and the other group ended up naming only three counties.
How old is the name Angle?
Angle first appears in US birth records in 1945 — 80 years ago. The typical Angle alive today was born around 1981, making them about 44 years old. About 1,100 people named Angle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Angle most popular?
Angle peaked in 1971, reaching #1754 nationally. See the whole 1971 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Angul to Angle
The story of Angle
The tribe came from a district in what is now Schleswig which is still called Angeln, and the name may describe the shape of the coast: the Germanic word angul meant a hook or a bend, and the same root gives the English word for a fishing hook and the verb to angle. If that is right, then England, the English language and the adjective English all descend from a description of a crooked piece of land on the Baltic, and the geometric term borrowed separately from Latin is a distant relative rather than the source. Bede says the district was left empty after they left, and it more or less was.
Meaningnot established
Not established
As an American name it is most likely a spelling of Angel with the last two letters swapped, which the record suggests strongly. As the English word it names a geometric measure, from a Latin word meaning a corner. As the tribal name it identifies the people who named England. All three are available and the record does not say.
How the name formed
- Angul
- Angle
Pronouncing Angle
AN-gul
Two syllables with the stress at the front, said as the English word. Families who intend it as a spelling of Angel say AYN-jul instead, and the written form gives no indication which is meant.
Nicknames for Angle
Moderate
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
- 1945
- Most girls named
- 197552 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1754reached in 1971
- Change vs 2013
- −40.0%6 in 2016, from 10
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.
Angles among us
people named Angle 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
Angle 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
- The spelling is completely unambiguous once the intended reading is known.
- Angie is a warm, established short form available immediately.
- It works for a child of either sex, which the record confirms.
- It is an ordinary English word for a geometric measure and will be read as one.
- The record carries it for boys as well as girls, so it signals nothing on a form.
- It is very close to Angel and will be assumed to be a misspelling of it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Angles are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Angle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Angle in 2025?
- Angle is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Angle with classmates?
- Angle will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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