Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Diego

#278 most common boys' name of all time · #596 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1887–2025

Rank among boys
#278
Rank overall
#596 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
126,405
Since 2016
28,627
Peak year
2006 #56
Best rank
#56 2006
Girls Boys peak 8,423/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Diego first appears in 1887. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 2,351 2,356 #158
2024 2,511 2,511 #145
2023 6 2,747 2,753 #135
2022 2,970 2,970 #124
2021 2,925 2,925 #126
2020 2,910 2,910 #126
2019 5 2,990 2,995 #129
2018 6 2,884 2,890 #135
2017 7 3,102 3,109 #129
2016 7 3,201 3,208 #130
2015 9 3,237 3,246 #125
2014 5 3,171 3,176 #129
2013 2,921 2,921 #130
2012 3,337 3,337 #110
2011 7 3,824 3,831 #99
2010 4,719 4,719 #86
2009 8 5,414 5,422 #76
2008 7 6,572 6,579 #69
2007 20 8,216 8,236 #58
2006 20 8,403 8,423 #56
2005 10 6,942 6,952 #62
2004 19 5,876 5,895 #73
2003 13 5,121 5,134 #83
2002 8 3,979 3,987 #98
2001 10 2,833 2,843 #139
2000 2,685 2,685 #147
1999 9 2,416 2,425 #149
1998 5 1,807 1,812 #187
1997 1,785 1,785 #186
1996 6 1,380 1,386 #218
1995 7 1,298 1,305 #228
1994 9 1,260 1,269 #237
1993 10 914 924 #299
1992 6 890 896 #301
1991 5 879 884 #295
1990 6 830 836 #307
1989 759 759 #317
1988 5 596 601 #348
1987 5 525 530 #369
1986 421 421 #417
1985 343 343 #468
1984 317 317 #473
1983 275 275 #510
1982 262 262 #528
1981 211 211 #587
1980 193 193 #629
1979 144 144 #723
1978 136 136 #723
1977 152 152 #686
1976 119 119 #760
1975 145 145 #686
1974 133 133 #714
1973 108 108 #768
1972 103 103 #790
1971 101 101 #801
1970 103 103 #801
1969 82 82 #846
1968 57 57 #978
1967 67 67 #881
1966 79 79 #823
1965 67 67 #905
1964 65 65 #948
1963 59 59 #991
1962 54 54 #1,040
1961 58 58 #1,033
1960 45 45 #1,170
1959 52 52 #1,074
1958 62 62 #965
1957 42 42 #1,206
1956 27 27 #1,518
1955 33 33 #1,325
1954 33 33 #1,320
1953 30 30 #1,392
1952 19 19 #1,765
1951 21 21 #1,659
1950 31 31 #1,302
1949 31 31 #1,312
1948 20 20 #1,675
1947 29 29 #1,378
1946 19 19 #1,664
1945 15 15 #1,799
1944 22 22 #1,455
1943 22 22 #1,506
1942 29 29 #1,309
1941 23 23 #1,429
1940 14 14 #1,924
1939 14 14 #1,915
1938 20 20 #1,538
1937 19 19 #1,596
1936 16 16 #1,758
1935 24 24 #1,407
1934 20 20 #1,577
1933 24 24 #1,381
1932 19 19 #1,677
1931 17 17 #1,799
1930 15 15 #1,999
1929 27 27 #1,397
1928 21 21 #1,674
1927 20 20 #1,767
1926 25 25 #1,485
1925 14 14 #2,233
1924 29 29 #1,396
1923 17 17 #1,970
1922 13 13 #2,387
1921 17 17 #2,004
1920 14 14 #2,263
1919 20 20 #1,720
1918 13 13 #2,300
1917 9 9 #2,771
1916 18 18 #1,732
1915 10 10 #2,495
1914 9 9 #2,327
1913 9 9 #2,000
1912 9 9 #1,800
1911 7 7 #1,476
1910 8 8 #1,278
1903 5 5 #1,253
1887 5 5 #1,052