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Baby name

Angela

Girl

Origin of the name

Angela comes from the Greek angelos, “messenger,” which also gave the word “angel.”

Short-lived name

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1971 was its best year: 25,901 births, or 1 baby in 133. The decline was steep: births are now 96% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 408. 33% of all babies named Angela since 1880 were born in the 1970s.
673,257births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 6rank at its peak, in 1971

Where babies named Angela are born

1971

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The darker the blue, the more common Angela is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Angela is most common in District of Columbia (1.4 times), Indiana (1.4) and Tennessee (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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