first name
DIEGO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 129,961 people named Diego, 94.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Diego peaked in 2006, when 8,423 babies got the name.
At least 126,405 babies have been given the name since 1887. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Diego by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #126. The largest share of babies named Diego, 58.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Diego is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Diego has been most common in Nevada (4×), Arizona (3.2×), and California (3.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.11×).
123,954 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Diego
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Diego, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Diego ranks #5,380 of 156,621, with 6,257 people. See Diego as a last name
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