Boys' name · since 1966
Dietrick
189 babies named Dietrick in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,300 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 189
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
189 boys have been named Dietrick since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dietrick has been recorded 189 times among boys since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2002.
- #13,300 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 189 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dietrick ranks #13,300 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 189 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,300 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 189
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dietrick's 189 recorded births place it above 70.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dietrick's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dietrick splits its recorded history at 1980: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dietrick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2002
- Peak year (1977)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Dietrick by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (79 births, 42% of the file).
1970s was Dietrick's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Dietrick births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
79 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 79 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dietrick's data
- Dietrick's decade-level peak was the 1970s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dietrick: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
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, 1966–2002 (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 Dietrick 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.