Ange

Girls' name

Feminine form of Angelus

Ange has been given to 366 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Ange, 2022

1 in 677,000

Ange over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ange: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Angelus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ange means

Ange is a feminine form of Angelus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ange is used in French.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ɑ̃ʒ/ for Ange.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ange → Angelus. The family’s meaning is “angel”, recorded in English with the source elements ángelos.

Origin, language, and formation

Ange is used in English and French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Angelus, Angela and Angelo.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ange is pronounced /ænd͡ʒ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 351 girls were recorded with the name Ange between 1915 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2007; its best national rank was #3,361 in 1917.

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Ange between 1920 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1920; its best national rank was #4,315 in 1920.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ange?

Ange had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ange sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ange. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anges were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ange was born before 1977 — so the typical Ange is around 48 today.

Median birth year: 1977; About 48 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 24.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 39.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 295; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 24.2% of all recorded uses (85).

Is Ange rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2007 (14)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,361; 1917

Spellings of Ange

Ange is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 23.7% against Ange's <0.01%.

Anna23.7%914,859
Angela17.4%673,257
Ann12.2%470,261
Jane9.8%379,876
Annie9.3%360,253
Anne8.4%325,128
Paige3.8%146,734
Ana2.9%111,359

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ange around the world

Where Ange ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2001–2011
#5,785
in 2011
France
1900–2025
#1,063
in 2025
Canada
1992–2022
#1,844
in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ange by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,361; 1917
Peak year: 2007; 14 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 351
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,315; 1920
Peak year: 1920; 5 that year
First recorded: 1920
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ange

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Angy Angi Angelli Angla Angeliz Angelly Angee Angelin Angeli Angell Angle Inge Angala Angila Anglia Angelee Angely Angelo Angelisa Angelette Angelise Angelis Angelys Angelik

Sibling names for Ange

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jailyn Kalli Neveah Marlen Jaylyn Lupita Rhianna Marin

For a brother

Jaeden Nikhil Jamarcus Slade Brandt Nevin Ean Davian

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