Angelo is a distinctive choice, ranked #592 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Angelo in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#592
US Rank #286
About the Name Angelo
Angelo is steadily gaining in popularity, up 35 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #498 in 2017, and it currently sits at #592. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Angelo is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #286, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Angelo
Unlikely. With around 64 UK babies named Angelo per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Angelo in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Angelo is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 35 places over the last five years to #592 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Angelo is more popular in the US (#286) than in the UK (#592). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Angelo include: Angelo Stiller — Angelo Stiller is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Germany national team.; Angelo Peruzzi — Angelo Peruzzi is an Italian football coach and former goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award.; Jeff Angelo — Jeff M..
Angelo appears in the US top 500 at #286 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
64
UK babies named Angelo (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 35 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Angelo
Likely around 1 other Angelo in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Angelo Stiller is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Germany national team.
Angelo Peruzzi is an Italian football coach and former goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award. Peruzzi is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest Italian goalkeepers of all time, and as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation.
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Angelo I Gozzadini was Lord of Kythnos. He married in 1429 Caterina Crispo, daughter of Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros and sister of Francesco II, sixteenth Duke of the Archipelago.
Angelo Bruno was a Sicilian-American mobster who was boss of the Philadelphia crime family for two decades until his assassination. Bruno was known as "The Docile Don" due to his preference for conciliation over violence, in stark contrast to his successors.
Domenico Angelo, was an Italian sword and fencing master who became the celebrated swordsman of mid-eighteenth English society. He earned fame not only with his brilliant skills as a swordsman but also because of his famous fencing school in Soho Square, London.