Angelo

What Angelo means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Angelo yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #299 in 2015 to #304 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Angelo?

US: Steady: #299 in 2015, #304 now. England & Wales: Steady: #618 in 2015, #563 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1914, when 643 boys got the name (#146 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 1,520 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,941 baby boys in England and Wales 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 RI (2.88 per 1,000 boys), NV (2.3 per 1,000 boys), CT (1.36 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Angelo is #304 in the US and #563 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 Angelo were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Angello13 US
• Anjelo5 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 Angelo

Boys

• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Alessandro#497Italian form of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Benicio#672Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #672 vs #1,613 in 2025
• Joaquin#355Spanish form of Joachim, meaning “may Yahweh raise up”^*
• Maximo#580Editor’s note Up from #853 in 2015 to #580 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Marianna#872Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #872 vs #1,892 in 2025
• Anahi#482Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”^*
• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*

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