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Dietrich

#3,776 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

People + king, ruler, through Diotrīh

Dietrich has been given to 2,212 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #3,776 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 58 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Dietrich, 2025

1 in 114,000

Dietrich over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dietrich over time

In 2025, Dietrich went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19172025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dietrich: meaning, origin, and history

People + king, ruler, through Diotrīh

Middle High German

What Dietrich means

Dietrich belongs to the name family reached through Dietrich → Diotrīh. Its meaning is “people + king, ruler”.

Origin, language, and formation

Dietrich is used in German. Its origins include Middle High German.

Dietrich comes through Middle High German Dietrich, Old High German Diotrīh, Old High German Diotrih and Proto-Germanic *Þeudōrīks.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Derek and Diotrīh.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Dietrich is pronounced /ˈdiːtʁɪç/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,063 boys were recorded with the name Dietrich between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 58 in 2016; its best national rank was #1,329 in 1972.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,041 in 2020 to #3,776 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,806 in 2015 to #3,776 in 2025.

In the United States, 149 girls were recorded with the name Dietrich between 1953 and 1978. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1962; its best national rank was #3,467 in 1962.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dietrich?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 114,000
29 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 58,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,776
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
79,239 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dietrich sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 79,239 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dietrich. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dietrichs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dietrich was born before 1994 — so the typical Dietrich is around 31 today.

Median birth year
1994
About 31 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
19.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,953
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2010s — 19.4% of all recorded uses (400).

Is Dietrich rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−431
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+265
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+30
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.04×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2016 (58)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,329
1972

Spellings of Dietrich

Dietrich is the most-used spelling, taking 57.7% of the 3,574 babies given a near-identical spelling.

  • Dietrich57.7%2,063
  • Detrick42.3%1,511

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dietrich is used

Across 1910–2025, Dietrich was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 433,769 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Missouri1 in —
  4. 4Mississippi1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dietrich has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dietrich around the world

Where Dietrich ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1903–1982
    #2,530
    in 1982
  • Canada
    1994–2017
    #2,569
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1960–1983
    #443
    in 1983

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Dietrich

People whose public names include Dietrich, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Dietrich in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Dietrich. Linked forms have their own page here.

TerryDidierDieterThierryDidrikDětřichTheoderichTheodorich

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Dietrich by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,776
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 265
Best rank ever
#1,329
1972
Peak year
2016
58 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,063
Count in 2025
29

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,467
1962
Peak year
1962
14 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
1978
All-time count
149
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dietrich

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DieselDiedrichHeinrichFriedrichAldrichEmmerichDierksDieterDietrickDierreFredrichUlrichDieudonneFrederichDiezelRichErichDeitrichZurichDetrichDiegoPatrichDiedrickChadwich

Names with a curve like Dietrich

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Dietrich, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SvenKarlosAntoninoRenatoMaximinoKonstantinosChristosPietroEliazarThaneNinoThor

Sibling names for Dietrich

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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