Boys' name · since 1960

Didier

1,009 babies named Didier in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#5,115 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,519 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
1,009
born since 1960
2010s
peak decade

Didier currently ranks #6519 among boys' names in America, with 1,009 babies recorded since 1960.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Didier has been recorded 1,009 times among boys since 1960, currently ranked #6519 nationally and more common than 53% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.

  • #5,115 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #6,519 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 1,009 born since 1960
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Didier ranks #5,115 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,519 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,009 born since 1960, peaking in the 2010s.

#5,115 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,519 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
1,009
born since 1960
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%53.2%
Didier vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Didier's 1,009 recorded births place it above 88.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Didier compares

1,009 Top 31% higher than 69% of 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Didier's all-time total is 173% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Didier Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 1,009 369 358,536
Peak-year births 51 34 22,252

Didier's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Didier's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 78% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 22%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1964, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 51, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Didier popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
51
Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
0204060 196019731985199219992006201320202025 13

Didier by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (347 births, 34% of the file).

2010s was Didier's strongest decade.

347 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.

Didier births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 347 births (34% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Didier compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Didier's total volume

Didier vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20%25%30% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -75, 3%-51, 10.1%-42, 4.4%-113, 2.3%-34, 6%-45, 8%-115, 3.2%-91, 2.4%-51, 5%-8, 18.8%-50, 8.3%-44, 6.1%-19, 25%-28, 9.5%-19, 12.5%Didier-66, 5.1%Didier
Didier vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Didier by state

Where Didier concentrates geographically, total births since 1960

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Didier
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
131 13.0%
#2 Texas
92 9.1%
#3 New York
25 2.5%
#4 Florida
23 2.3%
California share of Didier's total US births 13.0%
Even split

131 of 1,009 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Didier?
Didier has been given to 1,009 babies in the U.S. since 1960, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #5,115 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #6,519 of 13,930. 51 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
Where does Didier sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Didier ranks #5,115 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,519 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Didier most popular?
Didier was most popular in the 2010s decade with 347 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Didier most popular?
The top states for the name Didier are California (131 births), Texas (92 births), New York (25 births).
How long has the name Didier been used?
Records for Didier go back to 1960, giving 66 years of history through 2025.

What to do with Didier's data

  • Didier's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (347 total births) through the 2020s (140) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Didiers (131 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Didier

Names with a similar popularity rank to Didier

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Didier: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Didier draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.