Angela has been given to about 675,392 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1971, which makes it a boomer-era name.
Angela ranks 408th among American girls in 2025, with 765 born that year. Its best year was 1971, when 25,993 babies were given the name, ranking 6th. The typical living American called Angela is about 51 years old today. It is relatively most common in Delaware, where it accounts for 0.10% 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.