Diego
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Diego
The energetic Diego is rising rapidly along with a lot of other authentically Spanish baby names that work perfectly well with surnames of any origin.
Possibly a derivative of Santiago, Diego is a Sevillian saint, and one notable cultural namesake is Mexican painter Diego Rivera.
Diego is also given to girls, where it ranks #15525 in the US.
Pronounced dee-AY-go.
As of October 2026, Diego ranked #158 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #56 in 2006, Nameberry popularity #450.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #129 | 3,171 | 1,650.8 |
| 2015 | #125 | 3,235 | 1,687.8 |
| 2016 | #130 | 3,201 | 1,686.7 |
| 2017 | #129 | 3,101 | 1,675.4 |
| 2018 | #135 | 2,884 | 1,588 |
| 2019 | #129 | 2,988 | 1,665.4 |
| 2020 | #126 | 2,910 | 1,685.9 |
| 2021 | #126 | 2,924 | 1,671.4 |
| 2022 | #124 | 2,968 | 1,699.9 |
| 2023 | #135 | 2,746 | 1,605.3 |
| 2024 | #145 | 2,506 | 1,454.5 |
| 2025 | #158 | 2,351 | 1,376.4 |
World rankings
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Diego on lists
Famous Diegos
- Diego Alberto MilitoBoy
Argentine footballer
- Saint Juan Diego CuauhtlatoatzinBoy
indigenous Mexican who saw visions of the Virgin Mary
- Diego Rodríguez de Silva y VelázquezBoy
Spanish painter
- Diego Maria de la Concepcion Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera (y Barrientos Acosta y Rodriguez)Boy
Mexican muralist
- Diego ForlanBoy
Uruguayan footballer
- Diego KlattenhoffBoy
Canadian actor
- Diego Armando MaradonaBoy
Argentine footballer
- Diego Luna (Alexander)Boy
Mexican actor
- Diego da Silva CostaBoy
Brazilian footballer
- Diego Ribas da CunhaBoy
Brazilian footballer
- Diego Pablo SimeoneBoy
Argentine footballer and manager
Diego in pop culture
- DiegoBoy
main character on animated series "Go, Diego, Go!;" cousin of Dora the Explorer
- Diego de la Vega aka ZorroBoy
character in the Zorro films
- DiegoBoy
the saber,toothed tiger in the Ice Age Movies
- DiegoBoy
character in the movie "Sky"
- Diego RosalesBoy
character in Cassandra Clare's "The Dark Artifices" series
- Diego Armando aka GodotBoy
character in video game 'Ace Attorney'
- San DiegoBoy
California, USA
- Diego BustamanteBoy
character on Mexican telenovela Rebelde
- Diego CaplanBoy
character in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery