NameTides

Diego

Diego was the #158 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,351 babies), and #444 in England & Wales and #515 in Canada.

Diego as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Diego as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Diego as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#158 (2,351)#444 (87)#441 (7)#395 (3)#372 (10)#515 (57)
2024#145 (2,511)#440 (92)#382 (9)—#472 (7)#530 (53)
2023#135 (2,747)#456 (88)#533 (5)—#362 (10)#488 (57)
2022#124 (2,970)#435 (93)#425 (7)—#454 (7)#437 (66)
2021#126 (2,925)#433 (96)——#279 (16)#477 (61)
2020#126 (2,910)#425 (95)#599 (4)—#556 (5)#422 (69)
2019#129 (2,990)#454 (89)#701 (3)—#335 (12)#393 (78)
2018#135 (2,884)#475 (85)#704 (3)—#369 (10)#377 (82)
2017#129 (3,102)#469 (87)#733 (3)#415 (3)#443 (7)#435 (67)
2016#130 (3,201)#452 (90)#592 (4)—#541 (5)#460 (63)
2015#125 (3,237)#397 (107)#588 (4)#415 (3)#355 (11)#427 (70)
2014#129 (3,171)#429 (94)#533 (5)—#508 (6)#389 (76)
2013#130 (2,921)#504 (74)——#338 (12)#456 (63)
2012#110 (3,337)#492 (77)#500 (5)—#616 (4)#337 (90)
2011#99 (3,824)#510 (70)——#730 (3)#335 (90)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #56.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1887.

How common is it?

about 1 in 730 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 730common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Diego is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 760 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 700 to 1 in 810.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Diego by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #255WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #182WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #287MNIllinois: #130ILMichigan: #409MINew York: #276NYMassachusetts: #202MAOregon: #135ORNevada: #134NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #236INOhio: #312OHPennsylvania: #342PANew Jersey: #177NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #74CAUtah: #233UTColorado: #134CONebraska: #173NEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #159VAMaryland: #136MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #75AZNew Mexico: #35NMKansas: #175KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #222TNNorth Carolina: #222NCSouth Carolina: #287SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: #221LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #315ALGeorgia: #185GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #83TXFlorida: #115FL
Diego (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#31215
Ontario2024#52123

Diego (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DiegoCanadaBoys#51557
DiegoEngland & WalesBoys#44487
DiegoIrelandBoys#37210
DiegoNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
DiegoScotlandBoys#4417
DiegoUSGirls#14,9425
DiegoUSBoys#1582,351