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How popular is the name Diego?
Births per year, rank history and how many Diegos are alive today.
Diego (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 444th in 2025 with 87 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2015, when 107 babies were given the name, the 397th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 92 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 475 in 2018 before climbing back to the 444th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Common short forms of Diego include Jamie and Jimmy.
The Diego you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Diegos born in England and Wales are between 6 and 17, and there are at least 1,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Diego - on average, only one in every 160 such rooms contains a Diego.
How many babies are named Diego each year?
Where does Diego rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Diego most popular?
Diego peaked in 2015, when 107 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Diego?
At least 1,900 people named Diego born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Diego?
Most living Diegos are between 6 and 17; the most common age is about 11.
Is Diego becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.