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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

DiegoIn Hebrew: דייגו · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Diego (Hebrew: דייגו) is a boy's name of international origin. 140 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1971, with 10 babies.

People in Israel
140
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1971
10 babies
USA, 2025
2,351
rank #158

Writing and saying Diego

In Hebrew letters the name is דייגו, read right to left. Diego is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Diego by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Diego: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Diego in English-speaking countries

Diego in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,351#1582006 (8,403)
United Kingdom202597#4602015 (114)
England and Wales202587#4442015 (107)
Scotland20257#4412024 (9)
Northern Ireland20253#3952010 (3)
Ireland202510#3602021 (16)
British Columbia202310#3182006 (27)
Alberta20254#9732005 (21)
Quebec202515#3122006 (53)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Diego has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Diego

How do you write Diego in Hebrew?

Diego is written דייגו in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Diego?

140 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דייגו: 0 women and 140 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Diego a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named דייגו are men.

Is Diego used outside Israel?

The name Diego appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,351 boys were given it in 2025 (#158), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 97 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.