Diego
Diego stands at #158 nationally in 2025, drifting down from its high. An old entry (1887) having its biggest moment now, with 126,160 American bearers across the record.
What Diego carries
Diego · Hebrew
“supplanter”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Diego’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Diego, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Diego since 1887
Diego peaked in 2006 at #56; #158 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Diego is most common
The state that gives Diego most often, per boys born there, is New Mexico (0.55% in 2025); Arizona and California are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Diego
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jude
#155 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ivan
#163 in 2025 · Hebrew
Judah
#178 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jonah
#128 in 2025 · Hebrew
Molly
#196 in 2025 · Hebrew
Miguel
#212 in 2025 · Hebrew
Rafael
#218 in 2025 · Hebrew
Simon
#230 in 2025 · Hebrew
Browse: names starting with D · Hebrew names · all names
About Diego
How popular is the name Diego?
Diego stands at #158 nationally in 2025, drifting down from its high. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1887.
What does Diego mean?
The reference we cite records “supplanter”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Diego?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Jude sits closest, with Ivan and Judah just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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