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Thiago

“Variant of Tiago — Heel-grabber, Portuguese form of James/Jacob” — Portuguese (Tiago < Santiago < Latin Iacobus < Hebrew יַעֲקֹב) origin

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.

Around the world: #3 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #13 in Spain (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Thiagos

• Thiago Silva — Brazilian association football player
• Thiago Alcântara — Spanish association football player
• Thiago Motta — Italian-Brazilian association football player and manager
• Thiago Neves — Brazilian professional football manager and former player
• Thiago Cionek — Polish association football player (born 1986)

What Thiagos become

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 · Adriel · Tadeo

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