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Dio

Boy · DEE-oh · Italian

Dio is a boys' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).

Where does Dio come from?

Italian: Italian word for God, or a short form of names such as Dionisio

Say it
DEE-oh

Is Dio a girl's or a boy's name?

Dio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dio in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Dio, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 4 in 20242025
Dio in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20244#4,346
20230–
20220–
20211#6,364
20200–
20190–
20180–
20173#4,995
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20101#6,148
20090–
20080–
20070–
20061#5,377

How popular is Dio in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,207among boys
Babies in 2025
18about 1 in 95,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Dio, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.

Half of all the boys named Dio in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

1994Busiest: 33 in 20212025
Dio in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202518#5,207
202431#3,603
202317#5,465
202229#3,772
202133#3,424
202021#4,536
201915#5,808
201811#7,132
201710#7,542
20160–
20158#8,739
20147#9,636
20136#10,722
20120–
201113#6,250
201010#7,585
200910#7,687
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19946#7,764

Names like Dio

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Dio

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