Name meaning & stats
Diego
Diego means “supplanter (debated)”. 125,898 US babies since 1940, peak 2006.
What it means
“supplanter (debated)”
Debated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2006
125,898 US babies were named Diego between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Diego (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Diego is the main spelling
- Diego 100%
- Deigo <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2006)