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Angelo

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Angelo is ranked 286th among boys in 2024 (1,170 births). Its best rank was 146th, in 1914, 1916.

Rank in 2024
#286up 13 from 2023
Births in 2024
1,1700.07% of boys
Peak year
20071,338 births
Best rank
#146first in 1914
Since 1881
84,975people given the name
Babies named Angelo, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

84,975 boys have been named Angelo in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 1,338 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 2000s alone account for 14%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Angelo
1880s75
1890s156
1900s517
1910s6,047
1920s9,130
1930s5,101
1940s3,830
1950s5,727
1960s6,578
1970s5,487
1980s6,165
1990s7,986
2000s11,794
2010s10,926
2020s5,456

In 2007, its biggest year

Angelo was the 259th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.

Names that rose and fell with Angelo

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.