Angelus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Angelus

The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Angelus between 1999 and 2023, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Angelus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Angelus is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Angelus performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Angelus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Angelus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Angelus 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 365 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.