Deangelo
Deangelo is a name with a single cultural origin: African American.
- African American
Meaning & Origin of Deangelo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deangelo is a name with a single cultural origin: African American.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
The Story of Deangelo
American parents first put Deangelo on the record books as a baby boy name in 1960, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 478 Deangelos were born — ranking #454 that year. About 28% of every Deangelo on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Deangelo ranks #1,862 for baby boys with 87 births, falling sharply (-39%). All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Deangelo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Deangelo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- D'Angelo
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About the name Deangelo
Deangelo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Deangelo's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #453. Use the chart and map above to compare Deangelo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.