Meaning and history
Iago is the Welsh and Galician form of Iacobus, the source of James. It was borne by two early kings of Gwynedd in Wales and is also the name of the villain in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello (1603).
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 5 births, rank #12,367
2008: 6 births, rank #11,037
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: 6 births, rank #10,766
20112011: 5 births, rank #12,287
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 9 births, rank #8,118
2014: 6 births, rank #10,717
2015: 5 births, rank #12,086
20162016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 5 births, rank #12,022
20212021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: 10 births, rank #7,768
2023: 7 births, rank #9,763
2024: 6 births, rank #10,938
20252025: 5 births, rank #12,008
In 2025, 5 babies were recorded with the name Iago, ranking #12,008 among boys.