Greek angelos, "messenger" — messenger. A common Spanish boys' name, pronounced AHN-hel; used for girls in English-speaking families.
Angel ranks 546th among American unisexs in 2025, with 5,308 born that year. Its best year was 2006, when 13,828 babies were given the name, ranking 159th. The typical living American called Angel is about 22 years old today. It is relatively most common in New Mexico, where it accounts for 0.47% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.