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Boy's name · #50 in the US (2025) · Trending
Thiago is climbing: on the charts since 1986, it reached #50 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 5,800 boys given the name last year. Roughly 35,000 have carried it all-time.
Soccer star Lionel Messi chose the name for his first son, Thiago, born in November 2012. US births of Thiago rose from 246 in 2012 to 561 in 2013.
See where Thiago is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Thiago is especially popular in Ecuador and Puerto Rico.
#3 in Ecuador (2025) · #3 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #13 in Spain (2024) · #42 in Mexico (2024) · #162 in Switzerland (2025) · #197 in Belgium (2025) · #208 in France (2025) · #333 in England & Wales (2025) · #371 in Sweden (2025) · #434 in Netherlands (2025) · #441 in Poland (2025) · #461 in Austria (2025) and 2 more.
Among 390 notable people named Thiago:
Sports figures appear 2.48× more often than among typical names — e.g. Thiago Silva, Brazilian association football player.
Similar names: Enzo · Titus · Santiago · Emiliano · Milo · Tadeo
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