# Diego (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/diego/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 126,405 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 126,160 / 245 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,867, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 19 | 6,301 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,346 |
| 2006 | 20 | 6,430 |
| 2007 | 20 | 6,631 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,249 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12,756 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,744 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,255 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,147 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,289 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,082 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,272 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,177 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,889 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,525 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,824 | 99 |
| 2012 | 3,337 | 110 |
| 2013 | 2,921 | 130 |
| 2014 | 3,171 | 129 |
| 2015 | 3,237 | 125 |
| 2016 | 3,201 | 130 |
| 2017 | 3,102 | 129 |
| 2018 | 2,884 | 135 |
| 2019 | 2,990 | 129 |
| 2020 | 2,910 | 126 |
| 2021 | 2,925 | 126 |
| 2022 | 2,970 | 124 |
| 2023 | 2,747 | 135 |
| 2024 | 2,511 | 145 |
| 2025 | 2,351 | 158 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 510 |
| 2012 | 77 | 492 |
| 2013 | 74 | 504 |
| 2014 | 94 | 429 |
| 2015 | 107 | 397 |
| 2016 | 90 | 452 |
| 2017 | 87 | 469 |
| 2018 | 85 | 475 |
| 2019 | 89 | 454 |
| 2020 | 95 | 425 |
| 2021 | 96 | 433 |
| 2022 | 93 | 435 |
| 2023 | 88 | 456 |
| 2024 | 92 | 440 |
| 2025 | 87 | 444 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: دَيَيغُو
- Chinese: 迭戈
- Esperanto: Diego, Jakobo
- French: Diego
- Greek: Ντιέγκο
- Hebrew: דייגו
- Hindi: दिएगो
- Japanese: ディエゴ
- Korean: 디에고
- Latin: Didacus
- Polish: Diego
- Portuguese: Diogo
- Russian: Дие́го
- Spanish: Diego

## People named Diego

- Diego Maradona, Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
- Diego Costa, Brazilian association football player
- Diego Simeone, Argentine association football player and manager (born 1970)
- Diego Milito, Argentine football player (1979-)
- Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian football player (born 1985)
- Diego Perotti, Argentine association football player
- Diego Contento, German footballer (born 1990)
- Diego Alves, Brazilian footballer
- Diego Cavalieri, Brazilian association football player
- Diego Buonanotte, Argentinian association football player
- Diego Carlos, Brazilian association football player
- Diego Moreira, Belgian association football player (born 2004)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.