Diogenes — boys' name

What the Data Says About Diogenes

The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Diogenes between 1970 and 2011, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Diogenes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Diogenes performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Diogenes shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Diogenes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Diogenes 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 153 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.