girls:
473 births since 1955
#5243 (8th percentile)
boys:
158 births since 1994
#4428 (3rd percentile)
overall:
631 births since 1955
#7108 (8th percentile)
The name Angell is the #7,108 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 631 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 8.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,243 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 473 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #4,428 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 158 births since 1994.
Angell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Angell is available in 55 out of the 67 years between 1955 and 2021 (51 years for girls and 20 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Angell has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2021, 0.0% of babies named Angell were girls. Interestingly, until around 2007, the name was more popular for girls (82.5% girls from 1955 to 2006), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (51.4% boys from 2007 to 2021).
For girls, Angell reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #772) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
For boys, Angell reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #874) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 6 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Angell".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Angell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.7% confident that Angell is pronounced as AYN-juhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AN-juhl, at 27.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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