Boy
Diego
Rooted in Spanish, Diego is a boy's name that means "Spanish form of James/Jacob". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 2006.
SpanishSpanish form of James/Jacob
HebrewHebrew – "supplanter"
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
112
1920s
197
1930s
188
1940s
225
1950s
349
1960s
636
1970s
1,248
1980s
3,899
1990s
13,509
2000s
56,135
2010s
27,507
Peaked in the 2000s · 104,010 total U.S. births since 1900