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Diego

Pronounced /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/

Rank in 2024
#145
Born in 2024
2,506
Peak year
2006 · #56
Origin
Spanish Diego

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,506 boys were named Diego, about 1 in every 684.
  • It peaked in 2006 with 8,403 babies, ranked #56.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1887.
  • 123,789 boys have been named Diego since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Diego per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.4
    Millennials
  6. 2.4
    Gen Z
  7. 1.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 266 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 361 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 730 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,790 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,156 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Gen Z: 73,926 babies, 2.36 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 35,555 babies, 1.64 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Spanish Diego, from an Iberian Didacus, of uncertain origin.

  • A male given name from Spanish Diego.
Origin
Spanish Diego
Say it
/diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Diego, CC BY-SA 4.0.