Diallo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dee-AH-loh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Diallo is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Diallo mean?
Fula (Fulani) surname from West Africa
Diallo is one of the major clan surnames of the Fula people of West Africa.
Is Diallo a girl's or a boy's name?
Diallo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Diallo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Diallo, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1972, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Diallo in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Diallo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,186 |
| 1972 | 76 | #917 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,109 |
Names like Diallo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diego Dangelo Rodrigo Santino Eduardo Marcelo Alonso Vincenzo Nico Lorenzo Hugo Alessandro
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, “Diallo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/diallo, updated 20 October 2026.