girls:
239 births since 1987
#5477 (4th percentile)
boys:
121.2k births since 1887
#269 (94th percentile)
overall:
121.5k births since 1887
#597 (92nd percentile)
The name Diego is the #597 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 121,484 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 92.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 92.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #269 (94.2% percentile) for all time with 121,245 births since 1887. For girls, it ranks #5,477 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 239 births since 1987.
Diego first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (1887 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Diego is available in 116 out of the 137 years between 1887 and 2023 (116 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Diego has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Diego reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 93.7% percentile (ranked #56) with 3,833 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 3,833 births per million (ranked 93.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Diego ranks #132 for boys (85.6% percentile) with 1,493 births per million, which is 39.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Diego reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #951) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Diego ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 29.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Diego".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Diego. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.0% confident that Diego is pronounced as dee-AY-goh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-eh-goh, at 17.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like D IY0 EY1 G OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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