Angelos
Greek masculine name meaning "messenger" or "angel".
Name Census estimates that about 250 living Americans carry the first name Angelos. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Angelos today is around 30 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Angelos births was 1996 (11 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Angelos. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Angelos with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
250
~ 1 in 1,371,017 Americans
Peak year
1996
11 babies that year
Average age
30
years old
2023 SSA rank
#8,967
Tracked since 1915
Census
Angelos in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 487 people with the first name Angelos, which placed it at #20,996 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#20,996
National first-name rank
People counted
487
487 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
80.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Angelos
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Angelos is White at 80.7%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (11.3%) and Black (5.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Angelos described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Angelos at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White80.7% · 393
- Hispanic or Latino11.3% · 55
- Black or African American5.3% · 26
- Two or more races1.4% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.2% · 6
Popularity
Angelos: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Angelos from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 9 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 54 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Angelos remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Angelos by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Angelos during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Angelos' live
Origin
Meaning and history of Angelos
The name Angelos has its origins in the Greek language, deriving from the word "angelos," which means "messenger" or "angel." It is believed to have been in use as a given name since ancient times, with the earliest recorded instances dating back to the Classical period of ancient Greece.
One of the most notable historical references to the name Angelos can be found in the New Testament of the Bible, where it is used to refer to celestial beings known as angels. This association with divine messengers contributed to the name's popularity among early Christians.
In the Byzantine Empire, the name Angelos was particularly widespread, with several prominent figures bearing it. One of the most famous was Angelos Comnenus, a military commander and member of the Comnenian dynasty, who lived in the 11th century.
Another notable figure was Angelos Ducas, a Byzantine nobleman who briefly ruled as Emperor of Byzantium in the 13th century, from 1203 to 1204. His reign was short-lived, but his name has been recorded in the annals of Byzantine history.
During the Renaissance, the name Angelos found its way to Italy, where it was sometimes rendered as Angelo. One of the most renowned figures with this name was the Italian artist and sculptor Angelo Poliziano, who lived from 1454 to 1494 and was a prominent figure in the Florentine Renaissance.
In more recent times, the name Angelos has been associated with several notable individuals, such as Angelos Sikelianos, a Greek poet and playwright who lived from 1884 to 1951 and was a key figure in the Greek literary renaissance.
Another famous Angelos was Angelos Tanagras, a Greek architect and urban planner who lived from 1909 to 1986 and was responsible for the design of several iconic buildings in Athens and other Greek cities.
While the name Angelos has its roots in ancient Greece, it has since been adopted and used in various cultures around the world, transcending its original language and cultural boundaries to become a name with a rich and diverse history.
People
Angelos + last name combinations
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Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Angelos: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Angelos?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 250 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Angelos going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,371,017 US residents.
Is Angelos a common name?
We classify Angelos as "Very Rare". It ranks above 77.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 270 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Angelos most popular?
The single biggest year for Angelos was 1996, when 11 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Angelos is about 30 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Angelos in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 487 people with the name Angelos, or 0.16 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #20,996 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Angelos in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Angelos?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Angelos leans strongly male. 471 people counted with this name were male (95.9%), compared with 20 female bearers (4.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Angelos?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Angelos is White at 80.7%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (11.3%) and Black (5.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Angelos most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Angelos in the 2020 Census, accounting for 80.7% (393 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Angelos in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Angelos a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Angelos in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Angelos still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Angelos in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Angelos can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Angelos?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many Americans are named Angelos at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.