Diego is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #281 for boy births in the United States, given to 2,356 babies. Diego first appears in the data in 1887 and reached its peak in 2006 (8,423 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,356 | #281 |
| 2024 | 2,511 | #261 |
| 2023 | 2,753 | #232 |
| 2022 | 2,970 | #216 |
| 2021 | 2,925 | #225 |
| 2020 | 2,910 | #225 |
| 2019 | 2,995 | #231 |
| 2018 | 2,890 | #251 |
| 2017 | 3,109 | #237 |
| 2016 | 3,208 | #228 |
| 2015 | 3,246 | #224 |
| 2014 | 3,176 | #227 |
| 2013 | 2,921 | #243 |
| 2012 | 3,337 | #199 |
| 2011 | 3,831 | #171 |
| 2010 | 4,719 | #143 |
| 2009 | 5,422 | #120 |
| 2008 | 6,579 | #102 |
| 2007 | 8,236 | #83 |
| 2006 | 8,423 | #82 |
| 2005 | 6,952 | #95 |
| 2004 | 5,895 | #115 |
| 2003 | 5,134 | #143 |
| 2002 | 3,987 | #176 |
| 2001 | 2,843 | #264 |
| 2000 | 2,685 | #275 |
| 1999 | 2,425 | #286 |
| 1998 | 1,812 | #358 |
| 1997 | 1,785 | #361 |
| 1996 | 1,386 | #440 |
| 1995 | 1,305 | #448 |
| 1994 | 1,269 | #465 |
| 1993 | 924 | #595 |
| 1992 | 896 | #609 |
| 1991 | 884 | #602 |
| 1990 | 836 | #632 |
| 1989 | 759 | #657 |
| 1988 | 601 | #750 |
| 1987 | 530 | #793 |
| 1986 | 421 | #912 |
| 1985 | 343 | #1,032 |
| 1984 | 317 | #1,036 |
| 1983 | 275 | #1,116 |
| 1982 | 262 | #1,183 |
| 1981 | 211 | #1,338 |
| 1980 | 193 | #1,421 |
| 1979 | 144 | #1,671 |
| 1978 | 136 | #1,686 |
| 1977 | 152 | #1,567 |
| 1976 | 119 | #1,756 |
| 1975 | 145 | #1,560 |
| 1974 | 133 | #1,611 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,791 |
| 1972 | 103 | #1,832 |
| 1971 | 101 | #1,889 |
| 1970 | 103 | #1,874 |
| 1969 | 82 | #2,020 |
| 1968 | 57 | #2,405 |
| 1967 | 67 | #2,157 |
| 1966 | 79 | #1,973 |
| 1965 | 67 | #2,172 |
| 1964 | 65 | #2,264 |
| 1963 | 59 | #2,352 |
| 1962 | 54 | #2,465 |
| 1961 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1960 | 45 | #2,725 |
| 1959 | 52 | #2,475 |
| 1958 | 62 | #2,211 |
| 1957 | 42 | #2,740 |
| 1956 | 27 | #3,455 |
| 1955 | 33 | #3,029 |
| 1954 | 33 | #2,994 |
| 1953 | 30 | #3,066 |
| 1952 | 19 | #3,933 |
| 1951 | 21 | #3,610 |
| 1950 | 31 | #2,849 |
| 1949 | 31 | #2,877 |
| 1948 | 20 | #3,635 |
| 1947 | 29 | #3,006 |
| 1946 | 19 | #3,595 |
| 1945 | 15 | #3,771 |
| 1944 | 22 | #3,091 |
| 1943 | 22 | #3,160 |
| 1942 | 29 | #2,682 |
| 1941 | 23 | #2,913 |
| 1940 | 14 | #3,836 |
| 1939 | 14 | #3,820 |
| 1938 | 20 | #3,108 |
| 1937 | 19 | #3,180 |
| 1936 | 16 | #3,468 |
| 1935 | 24 | #2,760 |
| 1934 | 20 | #3,088 |
| 1933 | 24 | #2,743 |
| 1932 | 19 | #3,281 |
| 1931 | 17 | #3,470 |
| 1930 | 15 | #3,903 |
| 1929 | 27 | #2,714 |
| 1928 | 21 | #3,282 |
| 1927 | 20 | #3,481 |
| 1926 | 25 | #2,974 |
| 1925 | 14 | #4,398 |
| 1924 | 29 | #2,844 |
| 1923 | 17 | #3,915 |
| 1922 | 13 | #4,671 |
| 1921 | 17 | #3,971 |
| 1920 | 14 | #4,431 |
| 1919 | 20 | #3,380 |
| 1918 | 13 | #4,499 |
| 1917 | 9 | #5,381 |
| 1916 | 18 | #3,445 |
| 1915 | 10 | #4,802 |
| 1914 | 9 | #4,424 |
| 1913 | 9 | #3,856 |
| 1912 | 9 | #3,532 |
| 1911 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 1910 | 8 | #2,847 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,866 |
| 1887 | 5 | #2,200 |