How Many People Are Named Diego?
people named Diego are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,763 people in the US has this name
Based on 126,405 babies named Diego in Social Security records from 1887 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,423 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly a shortened form of SANTIAGO. In medieval records Diego was Latinized as Didacus, and it has been suggested that it in fact derives from Greek διδαχη (didache) "teaching". Saint Didacus (or Diego) was a 15th-century Franciscan brother based in Alcalá, Spain. Other famous bearers of this name include Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) and Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona (1960-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Diego (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Diego alive today is about 17 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Diego first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 2006, to 8,423 babies. In 2025, 2,356 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Diego never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #56, in 2006, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 2002 to 2011. In 2025 it ranked #158.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #158 |
| Best rank | #56 (2006) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (2002 to 2011) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #77 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Diego alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Diego were born in California than in any other state: about 38,989 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Diego was given 2.9 times as often in New Mexico, 2.3 times in California and 2 times in Texas.
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