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Iago

#12,728 in 2025Boys' name

Heel

Iago has been given to 96 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #12,728 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Iago, 2025

1 in 663,000

Iago over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Iago: meaning, origin, and history

Heel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Iago means

Iago means “heel”, associated with ‘āqḗḇ.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician Iago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Yago, Jago, James, Jacob, Jacques, and Santiago.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Iago (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Iago is used in English, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Welsh.

Iago comes through Galician Iago, Latin Iacobus, Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος and Hebrew יַעֲקֹב.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jacob, Yago, James, Jago, Jacques, Santiago, Xacobe, Xaime, Giacomo and Jacó.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Iago is pronounced /iˈɑɡoʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 96 boys were recorded with the name Iago between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,973 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,788 in 2020 to #12,728 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,803 in 2015 to #12,728 in 2025.

How common is Iago?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,728
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Iago sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Iago. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Iagos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Iago was born before 2014 — so the typical Iago is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
39.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
96
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Choose a decade

2020s — 39.6% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Iago rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,281
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+60
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+75
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2022 (10)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,973
2022

Spellings of Iago

Iago is not the most common spelling — Ian is, with 46.2% against Iago's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Iago around the world

Where Iago ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2025
    #1,613
    in 2025
  • France
    1998–2025
    #4,325
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Iago by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,728
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 60
Best rank ever
#7,973
2022
Peak year
2022
10 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
96
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Iago

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Iago

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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