Angelito
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- an-heh-LEE-toh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Angelito is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “little angel”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Angelito mean?
Greek: Spanish pet form of Ángel, from Greek angelos
“little angel”
A Spanish pet form of Ángel, ultimately from Greek angelos, 'messenger'.
Is Angelito a girl's or a boy's name?
Angelito is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Angelito in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Angelito, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer boys named Angelito than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Angelito in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Angelito in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Angelito
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Angelito: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/angelito, updated 20 October 2026.