boy's name

Iago

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 532

Iago is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2021, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1998.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Iago over time

Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

95
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Iago by decade in France
Decade Births
1990s 5
2000s 40
2010s 95
2020s (to 2025) 80

How popular is Iago?

In 2025, Iago was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Iago is used

England & Wales #1,682 16 in 2025
France #6,246 5 in 2025
United States #13,301 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Iago

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Iago also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Iago over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Iago in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Atayal
Yago
Dutch
Jacobus
Hebrew
Yaacov
Latin
Jacobus
Spanish
Yago
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Jago

Sibling names for Iago

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Iago — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Iago

How popular is the name Iago?

In 2025, Iago was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

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

Iago is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Iago?

Iago has 3 syllables.

When was Iago most popular?

Iago peaked in 2021, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Iago a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Iago currently ranks #1,682 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.