Angelo

A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning messenger or angel; from angelos.

Babies a year
1,020
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#304
down from #286
UK popularity
#563
69 babies · up from #592

How Angelo has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#257#310#362201520202025#304

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#299
2016#329
2017#333
2018#330
2019#318
2020#314
2021#317
2022#313
2023#299
2024#286
2025#304

Angelo by the numbers

In 2025, 69 babies in England and Wales were named Angelo. In the US, 1,020 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,337 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 1,100 American boys born that year was called Angelo.

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

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
  • Angellangel; a form of Angela or Angel14 in the US (2017)
  • Angelosmessenger or angel5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anjelomessenger, angel; a form of Angelo6 in the US (2017)
  • Angello16 in the US (2017)
  • Anyelo10 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a messenger

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

  • Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
  • Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
  • Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
  • UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
  • RaphaelGod heals; angel name368 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Castielmy cover is god; angel name from Jewish tradition286 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Angelo

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