girls:
149 births since 1953
#5567 (3rd percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1917
#2808 (39th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1917
#5640 (27th percentile)
The name Dietrich is the #5,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,147 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 27.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,808 (38.7% percentile) for all time with 1,998 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #5,567 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 149 births since 1953.
Dietrich first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1953 for girls). Birth data for Dietrich is available in 90 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (90 years for boys and 20 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dietrich has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dietrich reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #868) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dietrich ranks #890 for boys (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 49.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dietrich reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #763) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1962, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1978.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dietrich".
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