Diesel — #3191 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Diesel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,032 babies named Diesel between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Diesel currently holds the #3191 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 156 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Diesel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Diesel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 217 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Diesel in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Diesel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,032 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.