Diego — #145 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Diego

The Social Security Administration has registered 123,789 babies named Diego between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Diego currently holds the #145 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 8,403 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Diego performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56,039 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Diego shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39,169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Diego in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Diego in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 123,789 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.