Boys' name · since 2002
Iago
Iago has 96 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,683 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,848 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
96 babies have been named Iago since 2002, making it today's #12848 boys' name.
Iago has 96 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12848 as of the latest data, more common than 8% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #17,683 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,848 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 96 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iago ranks #17,683 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,848 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 96 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,683 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,848 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iago's 96 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Iago compares
96 25th percentile among 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
Iago's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iago | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 96 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Iago's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Iago's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Iago popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Iago by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (38 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Iago's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Iago births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 38 births (40% of all-time use).
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Iago 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.