Diego

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Diego: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Diego: Recorded since 1977, it reached #279 in 2021, and it stood at #372 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#279highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1257
1998	#1821
1999	#973
2000	#881
2001	#1135
2002	#907
2003	#615
2004	#637
2005	#512
2006	#592
2007	#441
2008	#461
2009	#610
2010	#495
2011	#510
2012	#492
2013	#504
2014	#429
2015	#397
2016	#452
2017	#469
2018	#475
2019	#454
2020	#425
2021	#433
2022	#435
2023	#456
2024	#440

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 26 of the 47 years from 1977 to 2023.

In 2024: #382 among boys in Scotland, #440 among boys in England and Wales, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1977–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #600 among boys in Norway in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1980–2025
Highest recorded position: #279 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1980–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Diego appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,780 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1977.

Diego across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Diego's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#600 (1977)	#396 (1992)	#504 (2023)	26 of 47	158 (1977–2023)	10 (1989)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1980)	#279 (2021)	#372 (2025)	27 of 46	188 (1980–2025)	16 (2021)
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#397 (2015)	#440 (2024)	29 of 29	1,780 (1996–2024)	107 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#387 (2010)	#387 (2010)	#415 (2017)	3 of 8	9 (2010–2017)	3 (2010)

Diego by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Diego in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000s	434	10 of 10	43
2010s	844	10 of 10	84
2020sbusiest	464	5 of 10	93

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 93 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 29, from 49 to 78.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Diego appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #279 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Diego's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#440	92	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#456	88	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#435	93	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#433	96	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#425	95	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#454	89	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#475	85	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#469	87	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#452	90	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#397	107	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#429	94	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#504	74	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#492	77	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#510	70	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#495	71	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#610	53	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#461	77	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#441	78	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#592	49	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#512	53	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#637	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#615	36	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#504	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#494	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#413	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#513	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#523	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#455	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#561	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#469	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#413	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#538	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#396	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#410	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#405	10	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#467	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#536	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#611	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#465	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#528	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#638	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#496	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#476	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#600	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#335	12	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#382	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1977 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #279, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 107 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1980, and 47 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Leni · #288, 45y
Dani · #306, 46y
Bruno · #243, 47y
Omer · #323, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Dalton · #279, 31y
Dionne · #279, 37y
Kiaran · #279, 17y
Bosco · #280, 13y

Diego was ranked #279 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Diego and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Diego without appearing here.

Diego moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1821 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #973 and #2943.
Leif Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1591 and #1591 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #973 and #2943.
Shannon Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1821 and #1642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #973 and #2097.
Tayla Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1591 and #1458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1257 and #2022.

Moved ahead of Diego

Carter Compare
In 2010 they stood at #491 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #730 and #302.
Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #355 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #541 and #237.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #461 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #610 and #311.
Ludvig Compare
In 1992 they stood at #396 and #408 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #538 and #277.

Moved the opposite way to Diego

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Diego went from #1591 to #440 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Diego went from #1591 to #440 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Diego went from #1591 to #440 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Diego went from #1591 to #440 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Diego

Gary Compare
Between 1980 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diego went from #321 to #472 and Gary from #39 to #785.
Kenneth Compare
Between 1980 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diego went from #321 to #472 and Kenneth from #41 to #785.
Phillip Compare
Between 1980 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diego went from #321 to #472 and Phillip from #241 to #785.
Geoffrey Compare
Between 1980 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diego went from #321 to #454 and Geoffrey from #146 to #779.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #279 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Diego

Diego at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Diego across 4 official records

Diego by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Diego appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Diego

Diego and the names beside it

Diego moved ahead of

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Diego at a glance

Diego across 4 official records

Diego by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Diego appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Diego

Diego and the names beside it

Diego moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Diego

Moved the opposite way to Diego

Moved the same way as Diego