girl's name
Angie
AN-jee
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 69,909
the United States
#705
2025 births
Angie means messenger, and the Greek root behind it named someone carrying news — the wings and choirs of later Christianity all grew from an ordinary occupational word. The wings and the choirs were added by later art.
- Angie is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1975, when 1,955 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 8,309 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Angie over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 410 |
| 1890s | 542 |
| 1900s | 603 |
| 1910s | 1,600 |
| 1920s | 2,079 |
| 1930s | 2,131 |
| 1940s | 2,250 |
| 1950s | 3,691 |
| 1960s | 13,052 |
| 1970s | 13,823 |
| 1980s | 5,713 |
| 1990s | 3,619 |
| 2000s | 8,336 |
| 2010s | 5,420 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,527 |
What Angie means
Angie means angel, or messenger, carried from Angela. The Greek angelos is the everyday word for a person bringing a message rather than a supernatural being.
Where Angie comes from
Angie shortens Angela and Angelica, from the Greek angelos — a messenger. Hebrew scripture used a word meaning messenger for divine emissaries, Greek translators rendered it angelos, and the entire later apparatus of wings, ranks and choirs grew from an occupational noun. The same root gives evangelist, a bringer of good news, and the angel in Los Angeles, named for Our Lady Queen of the Angels.
Angie in use
Angie peaked in the United States in 1975, when 1,955 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It charts in three of the seven markets we track — 705th in the United States on 399 births, 2981st in Canada and 3275th in France on 10 — across 69,909 lifetime births. Our records carry it from 1880, though almost all volume falls after 1950.
How popular is Angie?
In 2025, Angie was given to 399 babies in the United States, ranking #705 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Angie is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Angie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Angie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Angie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Angie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Angie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Angie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Angie
What does the name Angie mean?
Messenger — the Greek angelos, through Angela.
Did angels originally have wings?
Not in the word. Angelos meant a messenger; the wings came from later art.
Is Los Angeles related?
Yes — named for Our Lady Queen of the Angels, from the same root.
How popular is Angie?
705th in the United States, down from a 1975 peak of 1,955 births.
Is Angie a girl's or a boy's name?
Angie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Angie?
Angie has 2 syllables.
Is Angie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Angie currently ranks #705 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.