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Angelo

Angelo means "Italian/Greek" and comes from Italian, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.

ItalianItalian/Greek
EtymologyMeaning "angel, messenger"
Births by decade
1900s
517
1910s
6,081
1920s
9,207
1930s
5,136
1940s
3,840
1950s
5,800
1960s
6,765
1970s
5,683
1980s
6,291
1990s
8,031
2000s
11,815
2010s
8,834
Peaked in the 2000s · 78,000 total U.S. births since 1900