Recorded 1915–2023 Boys' name Peak 1996 270 births

Angelos — boys' name

270 babies named Angelos in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51920s51960s211970s521980s361990s242000s542010s522020s21
2000s
Peak decade

20% of everyone ever named Angelos was born in this single decade.

1996
Single peak year

11 babies were named Angelos in 1996 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Angelos

The Social Security Administration has registered 270 babies named Angelos between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Angelos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Angelos performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Angelos shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Angelos in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Angelos in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 270 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Angelos at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

270

Since 1915

109 years of records

Peak year

1996

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1915

Recorded for 109 years

Last year on file: 2023

Angelos popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1915

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1996)
11
Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
4681012 202320172010200519961981197519681915 5

Angelos by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
54 births that decade — 20% of Angelos's all-time total
1910s51920s51960s211970s521980s361990s242000s542010s522020s21

Angelos by state

Where Angelos concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Angelos
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
15 5.6%
New York share of Angelos's total US births 5.6%

15 of 270 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Angelos?
270 babies have been named Angelos since 1915. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1996 with 11 births.
When was Angelos most popular?
Angelos was most popular in the 2000s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
Where is Angelos most popular?
The top states for the name Angelos are New York (15 births).
How long has the name Angelos been used?
Angelos has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 109 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Angelos?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Angel, Angelo, Angus, Angela, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.