# Angelo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/angelo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæn.d͡ʒə.loʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ange |
| Variant spellings | Angello, Angel, Angelus |
| US babies named this | 86,956 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 86,106 / 850 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,514, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Angelo. Doublet of Angel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 20 | 4,037 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,037 |
| 1988 | 14 | 5,614 |
| 1989 | 14 | 5,850 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,335 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,640 |
| 1992 | 6 | 11,833 |
| 1993 | 5 | 13,569 |
| 1996 | 6 | 11,921 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12,828 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13,747 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13,999 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11,518 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17,548 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14,979 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,121 | 298 |
| 2012 | 1,066 | 311 |
| 2013 | 1,121 | 308 |
| 2014 | 1,105 | 316 |
| 2015 | 1,207 | 299 |
| 2016 | 1,049 | 329 |
| 2017 | 1,030 | 333 |
| 2018 | 1,013 | 330 |
| 2019 | 1,059 | 317 |
| 2020 | 1,055 | 314 |
| 2021 | 1,047 | 316 |
| 2022 | 1,068 | 314 |
| 2023 | 1,117 | 299 |
| 2024 | 1,173 | 286 |
| 2025 | 1,124 | 304 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 546 |
| 2012 | 58 | 606 |
| 2013 | 58 | 596 |
| 2014 | 70 | 534 |
| 2015 | 59 | 618 |
| 2016 | 72 | 542 |
| 2017 | 80 | 498 |
| 2018 | 76 | 511 |
| 2019 | 63 | 589 |
| 2020 | 55 | 627 |
| 2021 | 67 | 569 |
| 2022 | 66 | 571 |
| 2023 | 63 | 587 |
| 2024 | 64 | 592 |
| 2025 | 69 | 563 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Анджело, Анжело
- Catalan: Àngel
- Chinese: 安傑洛 /安杰洛
- French: Ange
- German: Angelo
- Greek: Άγγελος
- Italian: Angelo
- Portuguese: Ângelo
- Romanian: Anghel
- Spanish: Ángel

## People named Angelo

- Angelo Scola, Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop Emeritus of Milan
- Angelo Badalamenti, American composer (1937–2022)
- Angelo Bagnasco, Catholic cardinal
- Angelo Sodano, cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Angelo Amato, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1938–2024)
- Ángelo Henríquez, Chilean footballer
- Angelo Taylor, American track and field athlete
- Angelo Comastri, Catholic cardinal
- Angelo Stiller, German footballer
- Angelo Preciado, Ecuadorian association football player
- Ângelo, Brazilian footballer
- Ángelo Sagal, Chilean association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.