Boys' name · since 1971
Diallo
806 babies named Diallo in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,876 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,805 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 806
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
806 babies have been named Diallo since 1971, making it today's #7805 boys' name.
Diallo has 806 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7805 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #5,876 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,805 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 806 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diallo ranks #5,876 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,805 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 806 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #5,876 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,805 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 806
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Diallo's 806 recorded births place it above 87.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Diallo compares
806 Top 35% higher than 65% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Diallo's all-time total is 118% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Diallo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 806 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 76 | 34 | 22,252 |
Diallo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Diallo's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 36% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 64%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 76, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Diallo popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1972)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Diallo popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1972 (Diallo as girls' name)
Diallo by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (310 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Diallo's strongest decade.
310 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Diallo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
310 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
171 births
- 2000s
2000s
193 births
- 2010s 76
2010s
76 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 310 births (38% of all-time use).
How Diallo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Diallo's total volume
Diallo by state
Where Diallo concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 34 | 4.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 29 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 14 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
35 of 806 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Diallo's data
- Diallo's decade-level peak was the 1970s (310 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Diallos (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Diallo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Diallo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.