Diego: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced dee-AY-goh · 3 syllables

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

How popular is Diego?

Diego was the #158 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,356 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Diego in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Diego are older than 22; most are between 18 and 41. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Diego have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Diego is pronounced dee-AY-goh.

Diego was the #158 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,356 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Diego are older than 22. Most are between 18 and 41.