Angelo
- Pronunciation
- [An-ge-lo]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Messenger. Biblical Name For Spirit Messengers God Sends Men.
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Angelo
Angelo descends from the Italian Angelo, ultimately from the Greek angelos meaning "messenger" — referring originally to messengers of God in Christian and biblical traditions. The Italian Angelo has been used continuously across Catholic-influenced naming traditions for over a millennium, anchored by multiple Saint Angelos and the broader Christian tradition of angelic messengers.
Notable bearers include American boxer Angelo Dundee (1921–2012, the iconic American boxing trainer who worked with Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and many other champions); Italian sculptor Michelangelo (using the related Italian Michel-Angelo); and contemporary Italian-American chef Angelo Sosa.
Angelo has been continuously used in Italian-American and broader Catholic American communities for over a century. The name held a US top-200 boys' rank from 1980 through 2010 and remains in steady use today. The name's appeal is its layered Greek-Italian-Catholic pedigree combined with three flowing syllables — the in-built religious-messenger register, the soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to Italian-language naming. Common nicknames Ang, Angie (gender-neutral), Lo, and the rare Gel each carry distinct registers; the alternate spelling Anjelo has its own SSA tracking but is much rarer. International forms include Ángel (Spanish), Angelos (Greek), Angelus (Latin original), Angèle (French feminine), and the broader Angelina/Angelica family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Angelo
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Angelo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 1,338 boys named Angelo (boy rank #259 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #304 for boys (1,124 US births). That's 45 places below its 2007 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Angelo Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Angelo the strongest states are Delaware, Rhode Island, New Mexico.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware | #150 | 22 |
| 2 | Rhode Island | #167 | 53 |
| 3 | New Mexico | #174 | 123 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #176 | 500 |
| 5 | Nevada | #192 | 169 |
| 6 | Illinois | #209 | 579 |
| 7 | California | #215 | 1,822 |
| 8 | Florida | #217 | 877 |
| 9 | New York | #218 | 843 |
| 10 | Connecticut | #230 | 138 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | #769 | 57 |
| 2 | Louisiana | #657 | 41 |
| 3 | Georgia | #629 | 133 |
| 4 | Missouri | #604 | 82 |
| 5 | Minnesota | #599 | 76 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #563 | 58 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #554 | 153 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #546 | 58 |
| 9 | Kentucky | #535 | 22 |
| 10 | Oregon | #527 | 48 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Angelo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Angelo to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Angelo against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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