Boys' name · since 2003
Diezel
345 babies named Diezel in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 345
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
345 boys have been named Diezel since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diezel has been recorded 345 times among boys since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 2003 to 2023.
- #9,820 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 345 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diezel ranks #9,820 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 345 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 345
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Diezel's 345 recorded births place it above 78.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Diezel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Diezel splits its recorded history at 2013: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Diezel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2023
- Peak year (2013)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
345 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 27 births in a single year.
Diezel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (204 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Diezel's strongest decade.
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Diezel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
204 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 204 births (59% of all-time use).
Diezel decade highlights
- Peak decade 204 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Diezel's data
- Diezel's decade-level peak was the 2010s (204 total births); usage has since declined to 49 in the 2020s -- 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 Diezel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2003–2023 (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 Diezel 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.
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