Angel Names
Angel names span the named archangels of scripture (Gabriel, Michael, Raphael), the wider host of Jewish and Islamic tradition (Azrael, Raziel), and names that simply mean the heavens — Celeste, Seraphina, and 'heaven' itself, spelled backwards.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The archangel-general of the heavenly host. | 8,094#21 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
From the angels' hymn — Gloria in excelsis. | 437#655 | Down 77 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
The announcing archangel. | 6,569#37 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
The word itself — a Latino classic. | 4,757#67 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Michael in Spanish. | 1,661#212 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
The French feminine of Gabriel — Coco Chanel's given name. | 459#633 | Down 275 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Gabriel's name, given to a daughter. | 2,545#105 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
'Little angel' — Jolie's name. | 875#347 | Down 57 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
'Who is like the Lord?' — Michael's cousin in meaning. | 3,817#90 | Up 16 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
'Heaven' spelled backwards — a 2000s phenomenon. | 1,828#165 | Down 82 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
'Angelic' — and the eldest Schuyler sister. | 398#708 | Down 136 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
'God with us' — the promise the angels announced. | 2,035#179 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
The Spanish spelling — Nadal's. | 1,639#218 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Italian 'angel'. | 1,124#304 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
'Heavenly', straight from the Latin. | 1,662#188 | Up 164 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Feminine Michael — 'who is like God?' | 323#843 | Down 197 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Greek 'good news' — Longfellow's heroine. | 1,998#147 | Up 111 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The French angel. | 193#1,193 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
The healing archangel — and a Renaissance painter. | 807#394 | Up 119 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The archangel of light in Jewish tradition. | 708#446 | Up 21 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
A Puritan virtue name with wings. | 313#867 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Evangeline with a Latin cadence. | 195#1,187 | Up 340 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
A papal name from caelum, 'heaven'. | 49#3,219 | Up 1,971 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
The glow itself. | 477#613 | Up 325 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
From the seraphim — the 'burning ones' nearest the throne. | 489#600 | Up 675 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Supernatural's trench-coated angel. | 224#1,009 | Down 122 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
The angel of death in Islamic and Jewish lore. | 421#656 | Up 272 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The angel of secrets in Kabbalah. | 68#2,138 | Down 219 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The watching angel of solitude. | 54#2,488 | Up 1,807 rank positions in five years | 2025 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.