Diego is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Diego is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #158 among boys (2,351) and #15,525 among girls (5) — overall #281 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,356 | 2,401 | #15,525 | #158 |
| 2024 | 2,511 | 2,546 | — | #145 |
| 2023 | 2,753 | 2,819 | #13,889 | #135 |
| 2022 | 2,970 | 3,035 | — | #124 |
| 2021 | 2,925 | 3,008 | — | #126 |
| 2020 | 2,910 | 2,989 | — | #126 |
| 2019 | 2,995 | 3,083 | #16,177 | #129 |
| 2018 | 2,890 | 2,988 | #14,272 | #135 |
| 2017 | 3,109 | 3,225 | #13,082 | #129 |
| 2016 | 3,208 | 3,368 | #13,289 | #130 |
| 2015 | 3,246 | 3,417 | #11,147 | #125 |
| 2014 | 3,176 | 3,349 | #17,255 | #129 |
| 2013 | 2,921 | 3,143 | — | #130 |
| 2012 | 3,337 | 3,570 | — | #110 |
| 2011 | 3,831 | 4,130 | #13,744 | #99 |
| 2010 | 4,719 | 5,036 | — | #86 |
| 2009 | 5,422 | 5,811 | #12,756 | #76 |
| 2008 | 6,579 | 7,093 | #14,249 | #69 |
| 2007 | 8,236 | 8,781 | #6,631 | #58 |
| 2006 | 8,423 | 9,078 | #6,430 | #56 |
| 2005 | 6,952 | 7,430 | #10,346 | #62 |
| 2004 | 5,895 | 6,304 | #6,301 | #73 |
| 2003 | 5,134 | 5,536 | #8,126 | #83 |
| 2002 | 3,987 | 4,327 | #11,417 | #98 |
| 2001 | 2,843 | 3,088 | #9,577 | #139 |
| 2000 | 2,685 | 2,895 | — | #147 |
| 1999 | 2,425 | 2,577 | #9,712 | #149 |
| 1998 | 1,812 | 1,937 | #14,802 | #187 |
| 1997 | 1,785 | — | — | #186 |
| 1996 | 1,386 | — | #12,266 | #218 |
| 1995 | 1,305 | — | #10,828 | #228 |
| 1994 | 1,269 | — | #9,030 | #237 |
| 1993 | 924 | — | #8,232 | #299 |
| 1992 | 896 | — | #12,188 | #301 |
| 1991 | 884 | — | #13,753 | #295 |
| 1990 | 836 | — | #11,797 | #307 |
| 1989 | 759 | — | — | #316 |
| 1988 | 601 | — | #12,322 | #348 |
| 1987 | 530 | — | #11,799 | #368 |
| 1986 | 421 | — | — | #417 |
| 1985 | 343 | — | — | #467 |
| 1984 | 317 | — | — | #473 |
| 1983 | 275 | — | — | #509 |
| 1982 | 262 | — | — | #527 |
| 1981 | 211 | — | — | #587 |
| 1980 | 193 | — | — | #629 |
| 1979 | 144 | — | — | #722 |
| 1978 | 136 | — | — | #721 |
| 1977 | 152 | — | — | #687 |
| 1976 | 119 | — | — | #760 |
| 1975 | 145 | — | — | #685 |
| 1974 | 133 | — | — | #712 |
| 1973 | 108 | — | — | #768 |
| 1972 | 103 | — | — | #790 |
| 1971 | 101 | — | — | #799 |
| 1970 | 103 | — | — | #802 |
| 1969 | 82 | — | — | #848 |
| 1968 | 57 | — | — | #975 |
| 1967 | 67 | — | — | #877 |
| 1966 | 79 | — | — | #823 |
| 1965 | 67 | — | — | #902 |
| 1964 | 65 | — | — | #948 |
| 1963 | 59 | — | — | #990 |
| 1962 | 54 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1961 | 58 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1960 | 45 | — | — | #1,168 |
| 1959 | 52 | — | — | #1,072 |
| 1958 | 62 | — | — | #964 |
| 1957 | 42 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1956 | 27 | — | — | #1,514 |
| 1955 | 33 | — | — | #1,318 |
| 1954 | 33 | — | — | #1,318 |
| 1953 | 30 | — | — | #1,384 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | — | #1,762 |
| 1951 | 21 | — | — | #1,654 |
| 1950 | 31 | — | — | #1,297 |
| 1949 | 31 | — | — | #1,305 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | — | #1,668 |
| 1947 | 29 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1946 | 19 | — | — | #1,654 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | — | #1,800 |
| 1944 | 22 | — | — | #1,449 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | — | #1,499 |
| 1942 | 29 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | — | #1,423 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | — | #1,920 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | — | #1,898 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | — | #1,533 |
| 1937 | 19 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | — | #1,744 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | — | #1,397 |
| 1934 | 20 | — | — | #1,570 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | — | #1,370 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | — | #1,664 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | — | #1,786 |
| 1930 | 15 | — | — | #1,991 |
| 1929 | 27 | — | — | #1,391 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | — | #1,659 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | — | #1,756 |
| 1926 | 25 | — | — | #1,482 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | — | #2,219 |
| 1924 | 29 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | — | #1,963 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | — | #2,373 |
| 1921 | 17 | — | — | #1,999 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | — | #2,248 |
| 1919 | 20 | — | — | #1,710 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | — | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | — | #2,785 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | — | #1,716 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | — | #2,490 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | — | #2,317 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | — | #1,981 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,777 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | — | #1,229 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | — | #1,166 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | — | #965 |