Is Angell a boy or girl name?

Angell is a unisex name. Of the 636 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 75.2% were girls and 24.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2007, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Angell

Recorded 1955–2024 · United States

Angell was most popular in 2007, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #8,976 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 636 people named Angell.

Angell over time

Births per year. The dot marks Angell’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Angell a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Angell is a unisex name — 75.2% of the 636 Americans given it were girls and 24.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2007 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 45% girls and 55% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org