Angelly
A feminine name of English origin meaning "angel-like" or "heavenly messenger".
Name Census estimates that about 571 living Americans carry the first name Angelly. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Angelly today is around 15 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Angelly births was 2008 (54 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Angelly. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
571
~ 1 in 600,270 Americans
Peak year
2008
54 babies that year
Average age
15
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,572
Tracked since 1996
Census
Angelly in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 504 people with the first name Angelly, which placed it at #20,488 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#20,488
National first-name rank
People counted
504
504 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
92.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Angelly
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Angelly is Hispanic at 92.1%. The next largest groups are White (3.2%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Angelly described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Angelly at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino92.1% · 464
- White3.2% · 16
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.6% · 13
- Black or African American1.6% · 8
- Two or more races0.4% · 2
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.2% · 1
Popularity
Angelly: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Angelly from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 220 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Angelly remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Angelly by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Angelly during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Angellys live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. Texas, California, Florida recorded the most babies named Angelly, while New York, Arizona, Florida recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 21 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Angelly
The name Angelly is of Greek origin and is derived from the word "angelos," which means "messenger" or "angel." It is a feminine form of the name Angelo or Angelus, which were commonly used in ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
The earliest recorded use of the name Angelly can be traced back to the Byzantine Empire in the 5th century AD, where it was often given to girls born on or near the feast day of the Archangel Michael. This suggests that the name may have had religious significance and was associated with the angelic realm.
One of the earliest known bearers of the name Angelly was a Byzantine noblewoman named Angelly Palaeologina, who lived in the 12th century. She was a member of the powerful Palaeologus dynasty and played a significant role in the political affairs of the Byzantine Empire.
In the 13th century, there was a notable Italian saint named Angelly of Foligno, who was born in 1248 and died in 1309. She was a Franciscan tertiary and mystic who experienced profound religious visions and wrote extensively about her spiritual experiences.
Another historical figure with the name Angelly was Angelly Grimaldi, who was born in 1427 and was a member of the ruling House of Grimaldi in Monaco. She played a crucial role in securing the principality's independence and establishing the Grimaldi dynasty's reign over Monaco.
In the 16th century, there was an Italian painter named Angelly Bronzino, who was born in 1503 and died in 1572. He was a prominent Mannerist artist and a court painter to the Medici family in Florence, known for his portraits and allegorical works.
During the Renaissance, the name Angelly was popular among Italian and Greek families, and it was often associated with artistic and cultural circles. One notable bearer of the name was Angelly Sikelianos, a Greek poet and playwright who lived from 1884 to 1951 and was a leading figure in the Greek literary renaissance.
People
Angelly + last name combinations
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FAQ
Angelly: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Angelly?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 571 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Angelly going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 600,270 US residents.
Is Angelly a common name?
We classify Angelly as "Very Rare". It ranks above 85.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 577 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Angelly most popular?
The single biggest year for Angelly was 2008, when 54 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Angelly is about 15 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Angelly in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 504 people with the name Angelly, or 0.17 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #20,488 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Angelly in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Angelly?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Angelly appears almost entirely female. Of the 504 people counted with this name, 99.2% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Angelly?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Angelly is Hispanic at 92.1%. The next largest groups are White (3.2%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Angelly most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Angelly in the 2020 Census, accounting for 92.1% (464 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Angelly in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Angelly a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Angelly in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Angelly still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Angelly in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Angelly can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Angelly?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.