Deangelo
Masculine · “messenger”
Deangelo is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 12,279 boys against 21 girls since 1880.
Deangelo joins the De- prefix to Angelo — the Italian for angel, from the Greek angelos, which means simply a messenger.
How old is the name Deangelo?
Deangelo first appears in US birth records in 1960 — 65 years ago. The typical Deangelo alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 12,000 people named Deangelo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Deangelo most popular?
Deangelo peaked in 1989, reaching #453 nationally. Today it ranks #1668, 1,215 places below that high. See the whole 1989 chart.
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Where it comes from
From angelos to Deangelo
The story of Deangelo
Angelo is one of the most-used Italian names, and D'Angelo a common surname. American naming from the 1960s built De- prefixed forms on many fronts, and Deangelo appears in the registers from the 1970s, rising through the 1980s and 1990s. It is in current use.
Meaning
messenger, angel
Through Angelo, from the Greek angelos, 'messenger' — the ordinary Greek word, which Christian Greek applied to divine messengers and so to angels. The De- prefix is an American naming marker rather than a word. The Italian D'Angelo means 'of Angelo' and is a separate surname.
How the name formed
- angelos
- Angelo
- Deangelo
Related forms: D'Angelo · DeAngelo · Angelo
Pronouncing Deangelo
dee-AN-juh-loh
Four syllables, stress on the second. Some families capitalize the A — DeAngelo — which marks the prefix.
Nicknames for Deangelo
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1960
- Most boys named
- 1990478 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #453reached in 1989
- Change vs 2024
- +4.2%99 in 2025, from 95
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Deangelo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- D'Angelo in Italian — related form
- DeAngelo in English — spelling variant
- Angelo in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, Texas.
Deangelos among us
people named Deangelo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 17,253 born in 2025 was named Deangelo
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Barbara test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Deangelo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Barbara climbed just as high around 1938, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Barbara's path sketches the road Deangelo is walking now.
Deangelo sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Deangelo is headed
Deangelo is easing off slowly — about 20% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Deangelo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Deangelo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The messenger meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- Angelo is available as a stem with a substantial Italian record.
- Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The internal capital is a genuine choice between two established spellings.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- The Italian D'Angelo is a surname and will be assumed.
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Frequently asked
- How many Deangelos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 12,000 people named Deangelo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Deangelo in 2025?
- Deangelo ranks #1668 among US boy names in 2025, with 99 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Deangelo?
- About 1 in every 17,253 US boys born in 2025 was named Deangelo — 99 in all.
- Will my child share the name Deangelo with classmates?
- Deangelo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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