Diego
Boy · dee-AY-go · Spanish
Diego is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 460th for boys in the UK (97 babies) and 158th for boys in the US (2,351 babies).
What does Diego mean?
Spanish: Spanish name, perhaps a shortened form of Santiago
The painter Diego Velázquez and the footballer Diego Maradona are famous bearers.
- Say it
- dee-AY-go
More on Wiktionary.
Is Diego a girl's or a boy's name?
Diego is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 97 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 2,351 boys in the US.
How popular is Diego in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #460among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 97about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 97 boys in the UK were named Diego, making it the 460th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 446th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 114 boys.
Half of all the boys named Diego in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 444th in England and Wales, 441st in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Diego in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #460 |
| 2024 | 101 | #443 |
| 2023 | 93 | #470 |
| 2022 | 100 | #452 |
| 2021 | 98 | #471 |
| 2020 | 99 | #446 |
| 2019 | 92 | #490 |
| 2018 | 88 | #504 |
| 2017 | 93 | #488 |
| 2016 | 94 | #481 |
| 2015 | 114 | #417 |
| 2014 | 99 | #462 |
| 2013 | 76 | #538 |
| 2012 | 82 | #516 |
| 2011 | 72 | #548 |
| 2010 | 76 | #512 |
| 2009 | 58 | #622 |
| 2008 | 82 | #485 |
| 2007 | 79 | #479 |
| 2006 | 51 | #625 |
| 2005 | 55 | #544 |
| 2004 | 39 | #680 |
| 2003 | 36 | #668 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 18 | #955 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Diego in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #158among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,351about 1 in 730 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,351 boys in the US were named Diego, making it the 158th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 126th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8,403 boys. It first appears in the records in 1887. 5 girls were also named Diego in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Diego than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Diego in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Diego in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,351 | #158 |
| 2024 | 2,511 | #145 |
| 2023 | 2,747 | #135 |
| 2022 | 2,970 | #124 |
| 2021 | 2,925 | #126 |
| 2020 | 2,910 | #126 |
| 2019 | 2,990 | #129 |
| 2018 | 2,884 | #135 |
| 2017 | 3,102 | #129 |
| 2016 | 3,201 | #130 |
| 2015 | 3,237 | #125 |
| 2014 | 3,171 | #129 |
| 2013 | 2,921 | #130 |
| 2012 | 3,337 | #110 |
| 2011 | 3,824 | #99 |
| 2010 | 4,719 | #86 |
| 2009 | 5,414 | #76 |
| 2008 | 6,572 | #69 |
| 2007 | 8,216 | #58 |
| 2006 | 8,403 | #56 |
| 2005 | 6,942 | #62 |
| 2004 | 5,876 | #73 |
| 2003 | 5,121 | #83 |
| 2002 | 3,979 | #98 |
| 2001 | 2,833 | #139 |
| 2000 | 2,685 | #147 |
| 1999 | 2,416 | #149 |
| 1998 | 1,807 | #187 |
| 1997 | 1,785 | #186 |
| 1996 | 1,380 | #218 |
| 1995 | 1,298 | #228 |
| 1994 | 1,260 | #237 |
| 1993 | 914 | #299 |
| 1992 | 890 | #301 |
| 1991 | 879 | #295 |
| 1990 | 830 | #307 |
| 1989 | 759 | #315 |
| 1988 | 596 | #348 |
| 1987 | 525 | #368 |
| 1986 | 421 | #417 |
| 1985 | 343 | #467 |
| 1984 | 317 | #473 |
| 1983 | 275 | #509 |
| 1982 | 262 | #527 |
| 1981 | 211 | #586 |
| 1980 | 193 | #628 |
| 1979 | 144 | #722 |
| 1978 | 136 | #721 |
| 1977 | 152 | #686 |
| 1976 | 119 | #760 |
| 1975 | 145 | #684 |
| 1974 | 133 | #712 |
| 1973 | 108 | #766 |
| 1972 | 103 | #788 |
| 1971 | 101 | #799 |
| 1970 | 103 | #800 |
| 1969 | 82 | #846 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 67 | #875 |
| 1966 | 79 | #819 |
| 1965 | 67 | #897 |
| 1964 | 65 | #945 |
| 1963 | 59 | #983 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,037 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,027 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,166 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,067 |
| 1958 | 62 | #961 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,310 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,288 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,437 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
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