Engel

#9,990 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Engel has been given to 55 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #9,990 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Engel, 2025

1 in 474,000

Engel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Engel: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Engel means

Engel is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Engel is used in German.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Engel is pronounced /ˈɛŋl̩/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 55 boys were recorded with the name Engel between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2022; its best national rank was #9,990 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,609 in 2020 to #9,990 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,087 in 2015 to #9,990 in 2025.

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 Engel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,990; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Engel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Engel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Engels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Engel was born before 2020 — so the typical Engel is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 58.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 55; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 58.2% of all recorded uses (32).

Is Engel 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: +1,332; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,619; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,097; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.17×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2022 (7)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,990; 2025

Spellings of Engel

Engel is not the most common spelling — Angel is, with 56.7% against Engel's 0.01%.

Angel56.7%265,886
Angelo18.4%86,106
Noel11.1%52,096
Nigel2.6%12,286
Denzel2.5%11,738
Eliel1.0%4,922
Ansel1.0%4,801
Edsel0.85%3,962

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.

Engel around the world

Where Engel 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.

France
1904–2019
#6,120
in 2019

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Engel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,990
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,619
Best rank ever: #9,990; 2025
Peak year: 2022; 7 that year
First recorded: 2006
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 55
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Engel

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

England Edgel Argel Rigel Dangel Niegel English Rangel Joangel Sigel Rogel Engels Migel Nygel Archangel Arcangel Eng Engelbert Joeangel Evangel Vergel Agel Yangel Arkangel

Sibling names for Engel

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

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Alysa Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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