Masculine dossier · first seen 1887

Diego

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Diego
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

8,403

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1887Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

70.2%

2024

2,506

All-time

123,789

Diego has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 8,403 boys were named Diego.

In 2024, only 2,506 boys were given the name.

Down 70.2% from its peak.

All told, about 123,789 Americans have been named Diego and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1887.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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