girls:
25 births since 1912
#5691 (0th percentile)
boys:
365 births since 1999
#4221 (8th percentile)
overall:
390 births since 1912
#7349 (5th percentile)
The name Angelus is the #7,349 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 390 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,221 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 365 births since 1999. For girls, it ranks #5,691 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1912.
Angelus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 1999 for boys). Birth data for Angelus is available in 29 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (24 years for boys and 5 years for girls). 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 Angelus has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.6% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1912 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1999 to 2023).
For boys, Angelus reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #799) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Angelus ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 37.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Angelus reached its peak popularity in 1912, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #467) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1963.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Angelus".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Angelus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Angelus is pronounced as AN-juh-luhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AYN-juh-luhs, at 27.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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