Dietrich
Dietrich was given to 29 boys in 2025, #3,776 among boys’ names; 2,212 Americans have been recorded with it since 1917 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,970 Americans named Dietrich and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 14 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dietrich by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dietrich mean?
Wiktionary, German section
Dietrich is “a male given name from Middle High German, equivalent to English Derek”
From Middle High German Dietrich, from Old High German Diotrih, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōrīks.
/ˈdiːtʁɪç/
Meaning: Wiktionary, German section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dietrich?
#3,776 among boys’ names, 2025
Dietrich rose from #3,806 in 2015 to #3,776 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 14.6 to 17.0 per million.
58 babies in 2016, the peak
Dietrich peaked in 2016, when 58 boys were given it, #2,284 among boys’ names. The 29 births of 2025 are 50% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,776 | 17.0 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,345 | 20.3 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,031 | 15.8 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,910 | 16.0 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,987 | 23.4 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,041 | 14.5 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,954 | 22.9 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,622 | 16.5 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,538 | 27.0 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,284 | 30.6 |
Every recorded year (92)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28 | #3,806 | 14.6 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,319 | 29.2 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,775 | 22.2 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,066 | 19.5 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,918 | 13.7 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,391 | 16.7 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,466 | 11.1 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,851 | 13.2 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,323 | 15.9 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,400 | 15.1 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,333 | 15.0 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,758 | 12.1 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,053 | 15.7 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,203 | 14.4 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,743 | 11.3 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,816 | 16.3 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,622 | 17.2 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,607 | 16.7 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,772 | 14.9 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,608 | 15.3 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,037 | 12.1 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,132 | 11.4 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,360 | 16.3 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,611 | 13.5 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,483 | 13.9 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,382 | 14.1 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,492 | 8.0 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,531 | 12.0 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,228 | 13.9 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,538 | 11.4 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,111 | 8.1 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,460 | 11.1 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,353 | 11.7 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,069 | 14.3 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,054 | 14.5 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,129 | 14.0 |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,469 | 23.8 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,812 | 17.7 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,715 | 18.9 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,619 | 21.0 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,758 | 17.9 |
| 1974 | 22 | #2,005 | 14.0 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,558 | 19.9 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,329 | 24.7 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,502 | 18.7 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,630 | 15.1 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,361 | 19.6 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,743 | 12.1 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,617 | 13.2 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,458 | 15.7 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,823 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,709 | 5.0 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,917 | 8.9 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,716 | 4.8 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,433 | 3.3 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,924 | 4.2 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,134 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,779 | 9.4 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,689 | 4.6 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,532 | 5.2 |
| 1955 | 8 | #3,031 | 3.9 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,232 | 6.4 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,520 | 3.0 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,723 | 4.6 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,826 | 4.5 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,863 | 2.7 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,434 | 3.7 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,527 | 7.8 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,936 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,535 | 8.4 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,688 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,793 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,805 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,774 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,471 | 5.7 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,515 | 9.6 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,134 | 4.6 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,145 | 7.2 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,465 | 6.3 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,387 | 4.6 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,970 | 5.4 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,130 | 5.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Dietrich a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,212 Americans recorded as Dietrich, 7% are girls and 93% boys. In 2025 it went to 29 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dietrich: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dietrich, and how old are they?
1,970 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 2,212 Americans ever recorded as Dietrich. The median Dietrich alive today is 31 years old; half are between 14 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 1,910 people named Dietrich (157 women and girls, 1,753 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,849 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 12 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 162 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 488 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 365 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 460 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 486 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dietrich
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dietrich and names like it
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