Diego

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: Tiago and Didacus. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below.

From Wikipedia

Diego first appears in the data in 1887 and has been recorded in 117 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 8,403 babies (rank #56 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,506 boys (rank #145). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Diego

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Diego yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

124,028
Total babies (all years)
117
Years in the data
8,403
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18875#965
19035#1,166
19108#1,229
19117#1,421
19129#1,777
19139#1,981
19149#2,317
191510#2,490
191618#1,716
19179#2,785
191813#2,288
191920#1,710
192014#2,248
192117#1,999
192213#2,373
192317#1,963
192429#1,388
192514#2,219
192625#1,482
192720#1,756
192821#1,659
192927#1,391
193015#1,991
193117#1,786
193219#1,664
193324#1,370
193420#1,570
193524#1,397
193616#1,744
193719#1,592
193820#1,533
193914#1,898
194014#1,920
194123#1,423
194229#1,300
194322#1,499
194422#1,449
194515#1,800
194619#1,654
194729#1,372
194820#1,668
194931#1,306
195031#1,297
195121#1,654
195219#1,762
195330#1,384
195433#1,318
195533#1,318
195627#1,514
195742#1,203
195862#965
195952#1,072
196045#1,168
196158#1,029
196254#1,039
196359#987
196465#948
196567#901
196679#824
196767#877
196857#975
196982#849
1970103#802
1971101#799
1972103#790
1973107#770
1974134#711
1975145#686
1976117#770
1977153#685
1978137#718
1979144#722
1980194#628
1981212#585
1982262#527
1983275#509
1984317#473
1985343#466
1986420#418
1987526#368
1988596#348
1989758#318
1990827#308
1991878#295
1992890#301
1993913#299
19941,260#237
19951,298#228
19961,381#218
19971,785#186
19981,807#187
19992,416#149
20002,685#147
20012,833#139
20023,979#98
20035,119#83
20045,876#73
20056,942#62
20068,403#56
20078,216#58
20086,572#69
20095,414#76
20104,719#86
20113,823#99
20123,337#110
20132,921#130
20143,171#129
20153,235#125
20163,201#130
20173,101#129
20182,884#135
20192,988#129
20202,910#126
20212,924#126
20222,968#124
20232,746#135
20242,506#145