Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Diego” in the USA?

Number of people named “Diego” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Diego” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Diego” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Diego” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Diego” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Diego” by birth year

This chart shows how “Diego” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 -100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 27 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 -100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 -100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 29 0.000010616 29 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 -100%
1947 29 0.00000805 29 -100%
1948 20 0.000005793 20 -100%
1949 31 0.000008896 31 -100%
1950 31 0.000008849 31 -100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 30 0.000007785 30 -100%
1954 33 0.00000829 33 -100%
1955 33 0.000008219 33 -100%
1956 27 0.000006549 27 -100%
1957 42 0.000009995 42 -100%
1958 62 0.000014998 62 -100%
1959 52 0.000012506 52 -100%
1960 45 0.000010833 45 -100%
1961 58 0.000014002 58 -100%
1962 54 0.000013382 54 -100%
1963 59 0.000014906 59 -100%
1964 65 0.00001672 65 -100%
1965 67 0.00001848 67 -100%
1966 79 0.00002273 79 -100%
1967 67 0.000019736 67 -100%
1968 57 0.000016872 57 -100%
1969 82 0.000023595 82 -100%
1970 103 0.000028559 103 -100%
1971 101 0.000029426 101 -100%
1972 103 0.000032771 103 -100%
1973 107 0.000035467 107 -100%
1974 134 0.000044079 134 -100%
1975 145 0.000048023 145 -100%
1976 117 0.000038559 117 -100%
1977 153 0.000048166 153 -100%
1978 137 0.000043165 137 -100%
1979 144 0.000043282 144 -100%
1980 194 0.000056322 194 -100%
1981 212 0.000061283 212 -100%
1982 262 0.000074687 262 -100%
1983 275 0.000079403 275 -100%
1984 317 0.000090863 317 -100%
1985 343 0.000096102 343 -100%
1986 420 0.000118074 420 -100%
1987 531 0.00014727 5 526 -98%
1988 601 0.00016265 5 596 -98%
1989 758 0.000197167 758 -100%
1990 833 0.000210754 6 827 -99%
1991 883 0.000226685 5 878 -99%
1992 896 0.000233256 6 890 -99%
1993 923 0.000244809 10 913 -98%
1994 1269 0.000341344 9 1260 -99%
1995 1305 0.000356348 7 1298 -99%
1996 1387 0.000380292 6 1381 -99%
1997 1785 0.000492312 1785 -100%
1998 1812 0.000492631 5 1807 -99%
1999 2425 0.000656494 9 2416 -99%
2000 2685 0.000710336 2685 -100%
2001 2843 0.000759472 10 2833 -99%
2002 3987 0.00106653 8 3979 -100%
2003 5132 0.001349703 13 5119 -99%
2004 5895 0.001542821 19 5876 -99%
2005 6952 0.001808135 10 6942 -100%
2006 8423 0.002129069 20 8403 -100%
2007 8236 0.002060193 20 8216 -100%
2008 6579 0.001673763 7 6572 -100%
2009 5422 0.001419307 8 5414 -100%
2010 4719 0.001276876 4719 -100%
2011 3830 0.00104708 7 3823 -100%
2012 3337 0.000912405 3337 -100%
2013 2921 0.000801225 2921 -100%
2014 3176 0.000856902 5 3171 -100%
2015 3244 0.000876541 9 3235 -99%
2016 3208 0.000874425 7 3201 -100%
2017 3108 0.00086908 7 3101 -100%
2018 2890 0.000821981 6 2884 -100%
2019 2993 0.000862304 5 2988 -100%
2020 2910 0.000871107 2910 -100%
2021 2924 0.000863059 2924 -100%
2022 2968 0.000877293 2968 -100%
2023 2751 0.000830818 5 2746 -100%
2024 2506 0.000752891 2506 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Diego:

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  2. Diedre
  3. Diedri
  4. Diedrich
  5. Diedrick
  6. Diego (this page)
  7. Diell
  8. Diella
  9. Diellza
  10. Diem
  11. Diena