Diego
Diego is ranked 145th among boys in 2024 (2,506 births). Its best rank was 56th, in 2006.
- Rank in 2024
- #145down 10 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,5060.15% of boys
- Peak year
- 20068,403 births
- Best rank
- #56in 2006
- Since 1887
- 123,789people given the name
The story in the numbers
123,789 boys have been named Diego in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 8,403 births — 0.41% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 129 → 145).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 45%. It has spent 64 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 10 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Diego | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 112 | |
| 1920s | 197 | |
| 1930s | 188 | |
| 1940s | 224 | |
| 1950s | 350 | |
| 1960s | 633 | |
| 1970s | 1,244 | |
| 1980s | 3,903 | |
| 1990s | 13,455 | |
| 2000s | 56,039 | |
| 2010s | 33,380 | |
| 2020s | 14,054 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Diego was the 56th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Diego
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cristoferpeak 2008
- Fabriciopeak 2007
- Adinpeak 2007
- Haydenpeak 2006
- Jaylenpeak 2009
- Cadenpeak 2007
- Osmarpeak 2008
- Brayanpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.