Angus

What Angus means

Possibly “one choice”

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".

Source: Wiktionary, “Angus” (revision 92411488), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Angus?

US: Falling: down from #1740 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #302 in 2015, #325 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1882, when 24 boys got the name (#365 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 29,450 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,000 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 175 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.25 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.07 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Angus is #2363 in the US and #325 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Angus were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aengus6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Angus

Boys

• Aidan#326“fire”^*
• Tristan#309“riot”^*
• Connor#166“lover of hounds”^*
• Gavin#303Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #70 in 2015, #303 in 2025
• Ivan#162Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Bryce#357Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 4,319 babies; 919 in 2025

For a sister

• Kira#385Editor’s note Down from #361 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US
• Ashlynn#980Variant of Ashlyn, meaning “dream, vision”^*
• Aileen#799Variant of Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Allie#569Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #255 in 2015, #569 in 2025
• Alana#140Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Ashlyn#972“dream, vision”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Angus’s. Rank is US 2025.