Diesel vs Diego

Side-by-side comparison of Diesel and Diego — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Diesel

Boy name · Rank #3191

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Name B

Diego

Boy name · Rank #145

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Metric Diesel Diego
Current Rank #3191 #145
Total Births (all years) 2,032 123,789
Peak Year 2014 2006
Peak Year Births 156 8,403
Peak Decade 2010ss 2000ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 2001 1887

Births by Decade

Decade Diesel Diego
1880ss — 5
1900ss — 5
1910ss — 112
1920ss — 197
1930ss — 188
1940ss — 224
1950ss — 350
1960ss — 633
1970ss — 1,244
1980ss — 3,903
1990ss — 13,455
2000ss 488 56,039
2010ss 1,232 33,380
2020ss 312 14,054

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Diesel Diego
2014 156 3,171
2015 140 3,235
2016 135 3,201
2017 119 3,101
2018 96 2,884
2019 86 2,988
2020 79 2,910
2021 80 2,924
2022 54 2,968
2023 61 2,746
2024 38 2,506

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 2001–2024.

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