Diego

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A few things about Diego you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Diego

Diego Godín

Uruguayan association football player (born 1986)

Choose Diego and your child shares a first name with Diego Godín, an Uruguayan association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Diego, like who?” Diego Godín's Wikipedia article is available in 76 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 727 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Diego, 2,351 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Diego would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryDiego first shows up in US birth records in 1887, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 138 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2006, when it reached #56.
• 🍂TrendDiego has slipped 32 places over the last five years and now sits at #158. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedDiego is most popular in New Mexico, where it ranks #35, followed by California (#74) and Arizona (#75). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningDiego is a Spanish form of James, which means “possibly supplanter”. Our records link it to Mexican and Spanish roots.
• 🌍OriginDiego is the #9 most popular Mexican boy name in the US. That's out of 26 Mexican boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Diego

Diego is a boy name of Mexican and Spanish origin meaning “possibly supplanter”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with D and ending in “-ego”. US birth records list Diego for boys from 1887 to 2025, in 118 of those 139 years. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked #56 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #158, with 2,351 babies.

Origin:Mexican namesSpanish names