Diaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEE-az
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Diaz is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “son of Diego”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Diaz mean?
Spanish: Spanish surname Díaz
“son of Diego”
A common Spanish patronymic surname, used here as a first name.
Is Diaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Diaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Diaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 120% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Diaz, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Diaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2006, 70% of the babies named Diaz in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Diaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
Names like Diaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cruz, Luca, Rio, Syed, Ahmed, Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Perez, Abdullah, Ayaan, Yahya
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Diaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/diaz, updated 20 October 2026.