boy's name
Angelo
AN-jeh-loh
- Origin Italian
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 3
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 104,645
the United States
#304
2025 births
Angelo means messenger, and it charts in all seven markets we track within a 365-place spread — the United States 304th, France 343rd, Northern Ireland 397th, Scotland 522nd, England and Wales 569th and Ireland 669th.
- Angelo is a name of Italian origin.
- Peaked in 2007, when 1,338 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,950 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1881.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Angelo over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 75 |
| 1890s | 156 |
| 1900s | 517 |
| 1910s | 6,081 |
| 1920s | 9,207 |
| 1930s | 5,138 |
| 1940s | 3,841 |
| 1950s | 5,805 |
| 1960s | 6,773 |
| 1970s | 5,696 |
| 1980s | 6,298 |
| 1990s | 8,030 |
| 2000s | 11,821 |
| 2010s | 10,934 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 6,584 |
What Angelo means
Angelo means angel, or messenger. The Greek angelos is the ordinary word for someone carrying news, and the theological sense arrived through translation rather than the word itself.
Where Angelo comes from
Angelo is the Italian form of the Greek angelos, a messenger. Hebrew scripture used a word meaning messenger for divine emissaries; Greek translators rendered it angelos; and the wings, choirs and hierarchies of later Christianity all grew from an ordinary occupational noun. The same root gives evangelist, a bringer of good news, and the archangel names Michael, Gabriel and Raphael have nothing to do with it — those are Hebrew compounds ending in el.
Angelo in use
Angelo peaked in the United States in 2007, when 1,338 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It charts in all seven markets we track — 304th in the United States on 1,124 births, 343rd in France on 160, 397th in Northern Ireland on 4, 502nd in Canada, 522nd in Scotland on 6, 569th in England and Wales on 69 and 669th in Ireland on 5 — across 104,645 lifetime births. A 365-place spread across seven countries is one of the tightest we record.
How popular is Angelo?
In 2025, Angelo was given to 1,124 babies in the United States, ranking #304 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Angelo is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Angelo is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Angélo | Angélo is a rare spelling of Angelo, written with an acute accent and recorded about 480 times, mostly in France. | 480 |
| Ângelo | Ângelo is a rare spelling of Angelo, written with a circumflex and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
| Angèlo | Angèlo is a rare spelling of Angelo, written with a grave accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Angelo
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Angelo also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Angelo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Angelo
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Angelo in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Angelo
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Angelo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Angelo
What does the name Angelo mean?
Messenger — the Greek angelos, an ordinary word for someone carrying news.
Are Michael and Gabriel angel names?
They are archangels, but their names are Hebrew compounds ending in el and are unrelated to angelos.
Is Angelo related to Angela?
Yes — the same Greek root, in its Italian masculine and feminine forms.
Where is Angelo used?
All six markets we track, inside a 365-place spread.
How popular is the name Angelo?
In 2025, Angelo was given to 1,124 babies in the United States, ranking #304 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Angelo a girl's or a boy's name?
Angelo is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Angelo?
Angelo has 3 syllables.
When was Angelo most popular?
Angelo peaked in 2007, when 1,338 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Angelo?
Angelo is usually shortened to Angie.
Is Angelo a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Angelo currently ranks #304 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.