Angie

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning angel; messenger; a diminutive of Angela.

Babies a year
456
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#705
down from #592
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Angie has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#528#663#798201520202025#705

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#589
2016#620
2017#642
2018#718
2019#698
2020#649
2021#725
2022#719
2023#737
2024#592
2025#705

Angie by the numbers

Angie was given to 456 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 1,947 babies in 1975, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

At its height, in 1975, about 1 in 800 American girls born that year was called Angie.

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Angie as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Angela

Like Angie, each of these traces back to Angela: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Angelinemessenger; a form of Angela214 in the US (2017)
  • Angeliamessenger or angel; a form of Angela63 in the US (2017)
  • Angelimessenger or angel; a form of Angela39 in the US (2017)
  • Angelikamessenger; angel; a form of Angela34 in the US (2017)
  • Angeleemessenger; variant of Angela20 in the US (2017)
  • Angelisaangel; a form of Angela14 in the US (2017)
  • Angellangel; a form of Angela or Angel14 in the US (2017)
  • Angelenamessenger; a form of Angela11 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Angie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Anniegrace; diminutive of Anne425 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Andiestrong and manly; a form of Andrew31 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Augievenerable; majestic; a diminutive of Augustus10 in the US (2017)
  • Angle5 in the US (2017)
  • Anvie5 in the US (2017)
  • Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Angie

Names that are said the same way as Angie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Angyangel; a diminutive form of Angela14 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a messenger

Like Angie, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Angelinaangel; messenger; feminine form of Angelo1,550 in the US (2017)
  • Angelamessenger, angel1,344 in the US (2017)
  • Angelicaangelic; from angelicus570 in the US (2017)
  • UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
  • Angeliqueangelic; french form of Angelica340 in the US (2017)
  • Bodieherald, messenger; from place name89 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Angie

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