Diego

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #158 for boys in 2025, 2,351 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2006 · 8,403 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
126,160
since 1887

Diego over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #56, 2006boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#1582,351
2024#1452,511
2023#13,4626#1352,747
2022#1242,970
2021#1262,925
2020#1262,910
2019#15,5395#1292,990
2018#13,7936#1352,884
2017#12,7137#1293,102
2016#12,8767#1303,201
2015#10,8669#1253,237
2014#16,5135#1293,171
2013#1302,921
2012#1103,337
2011#13,3477#993,824
2010#864,719
2009#12,4298#765,414
2008#13,8327#696,572
2007#6,55220#588,216
2006#6,35620#568,403
2005#10,12810#626,942
2004#6,21619#735,876
2003#7,99813#835,121
2002#11,1088#983,979
2001#9,35110#1392,833
2000#1472,685
1999#9,4799#1492,416
1998#14,1225#1871,807
1997#1861,785
1996#11,8076#2181,380
1995#10,5147#2281,298
1994#8,8049#2371,260
1993#8,05210#299914
1992#11,7386#301890
1991#13,1475#295879
1990#11,4096#307830
1989#315759
1988#11,7985#348596
1987#11,3255#368525
1986#417421
1985#467343
1984#473317
1983#509275
1982#527262
1981#586211
1980#628193
1979#722144
1978#721136
1977#686152
1976#760119
1975#684145
1974#712133
1973#766108
1972#788103
1971#799101
1970#800103
1969#84682
1968#96857
1967#87567
1966#81979
1965#89767
1964#94565
1963#98459
1962#1,03854
1961#1,02858
1960#1,16745
1959#1,06852
1958#96262
1957#1,19942
1956#1,51127
1955#1,31333
1954#1,31133
1953#1,37830
1952#1,74919
1951#1,64321
1950#1,28931
1949#1,29731
1948#1,65620
1947#1,36329
1946#1,64219
1945#1,77215
1944#1,43822
1943#1,48622
1942#1,29829
1941#1,41123
1940#1,89414
1939#1,87914
1938#1,52120
1937#1,57619
1936#1,72316
1935#1,39024
1934#1,55120
1933#1,36124
1932#1,65119
1931#1,77017
1930#1,96415
1929#1,37827
1928#1,64721
1927#1,74820
1926#1,46625
1925#2,19314
1924#1,38029
1923#1,94117
1922#2,34713
1921#1,98017
1920#2,23114
1919#1,69520
1918#2,26013
1917#2,7329
1916#1,69818
1915#2,45810
1914#2,2719
1913#1,9459
1912#1,7469
1911#1,3877
1910#1,1938
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1903#1,1305
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1887#9215
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five boys were named Diego! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Diego
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#145#158)
  • 32 spots since 2020 (#126#158)
  • 33 spots since 2015 (#125#158)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1958 (#1,199#962)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1959 (#962#1,068)
Rise & fade · boys
119 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 2006 at #56 (8,403 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2002–2011
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1963–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 245
  • Highest: 1 in 245 boys born in 2006 were named Diego (0.41%)
  • Latest: 1 in 727 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 44.4% of all boys named Diego (56,041) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#921 (1887)#921
1890s0
1900s5#1,130 (1903)#1,130
1910s112#1,193 (1910)#1,939
1920s197#1,378 (1929)#1,831
1930s188#1,361 (1933)#1,639
1940s224#1,297 (1949)#1,526
1950s350#962 (1958)#1,342
1960s633#819 (1966)#957
1970s1,244#684 (1975)#744
1980s3,902#315 (1989)#464
1990s13,459#149 (1999)#241
2000s56,041#56 (2006)#86
2010s33,386#86 (2010)#120
2020s16,414#124 (2022)#136

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Diego in 1980

boys
#628
193 births · 1 in 9,243 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #628Diego193
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 9,243 of them was named Diego, which outranked 91.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diego
  1. #623Rudolph196
  2. #626Cary195
  3. #626Tommie195
  4. #628Diego193
  5. #628Brice193
  6. #628Jerald193
  7. #628Zane193
  8. #632Jerad190
  9. #632Nathanial190
  10. #634Brenton189

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 381Gideon#1,370#989
  2. 296Bo#864#568
  3. 270Anson#1,137#867
  4. 266Dustan#1,255#989
  5. 255Dusty#614#359
Fallers
  1. 366Harris#991#1,357
  2. 362Tracey#842#1,204
  3. 331Jevon#780#1,111
  4. 321Kennith#937#1,258
  5. 267Levar#644#911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980