Boys' name · since 1990

Anjelo

163 babies named Anjelo in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#14,192 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,580 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
163
born since 1990
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Anjelo is the #12580 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 163 recorded since 1990.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anjelo has been recorded 163 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #12580 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.

  • #14,192 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,580 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 163 born since 1990
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anjelo ranks #14,192 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,580 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 163 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.

#14,192 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,580 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
163
born since 1990
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.6%
Anjelo vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Anjelo's 163 recorded births place it above 68.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Anjelo compares

163 34th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Anjelo's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Anjelo Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 163 369 358,536
Peak-year births 15 34 22,252

Anjelo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Anjelo's full recorded timeline at 2009, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Anjelo popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2002)
15
Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
05101520 199020002004200720102013201820242025 5

Anjelo by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (74 births, 45% of the file).

2000s was Anjelo's strongest decade.

74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.

Anjelo births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 74 births (45% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Anjelo?
163 babies have been named Anjelo since 1990. All-time, it sits at #14,192 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #12,580 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2002 with 15 births.
Where does Anjelo sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anjelo ranks #14,192 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,580 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Anjelo most popular?
Anjelo was most popular in the 2000s decade with 74 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Anjelo been used?
Records for Anjelo go back to 1990, giving 36 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Anjelo?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Anjel, Anjay, Anjuan, Anjan, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Anjelo's data

  • Anjelo's decade-level peak was the 2000s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Anjelo

Nearby Names Like Anjelo

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Anjelo

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Anjelo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anjelo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.