Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dietrich*

#2,945 most common boys' name of all time · #7,139 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1917–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,945
Rank overall
#7,139 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
2,212
Since 2016
364
Peak year
2016 #2,284
Best rank
#1,340 1972
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
192019401960198020002020

Dietrich first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 29 29 #3,773
2024 — 35 35 #3,351
2023 — 27 27 #4,019
2022 — 28 28 #3,895
2021 — 41 41 #2,982
2020 — 25 25 #4,037
2019 — 41 41 #2,953
2018 — 30 30 #3,633
2017 — 50 50 #2,539
2016 — 58 58 #2,284
2015 — 28 28 #3,794
2014 — 56 56 #2,323
2013 — 42 42 #2,774
2012 — 37 37 #3,068
2011 — 26 26 #3,897
2010 — 32 32 #3,395
2009 — 22 22 #4,453
2008 — 27 27 #3,846
2007 — 33 33 #3,323
2006 — 31 31 #3,401
2005 — 30 30 #3,337
2004 — 24 24 #3,761
2003 — 31 31 #3,067
2002 — 28 28 #3,197
2001 — 22 22 #3,753
2000 — 32 32 #2,821
1999 — 33 33 #2,623
1998 — 32 32 #2,607
1997 — 28 28 #2,776
1996 — 29 29 #2,615
1995 — 23 23 #3,038
1994 — 22 22 #3,133
1993 — 32 32 #2,364
1992 — 27 27 #2,619
1991 — 28 28 #2,496
1990 — 29 29 #2,399
1989 — 16 16 #3,509
1988 — 23 23 #2,550
1987 — 26 26 #2,249
1986 — 21 21 #2,551
1985 — 15 15 #3,115
1984 — 20 20 #2,469
1983 — 21 21 #2,366
1982 — 26 26 #2,084
1981 — 26 26 #2,059
1980 — 25 25 #2,129
1979 — 41 41 #1,475
1978 5 29 34 #1,815
1977 7 31 38 #1,729
1976 6 33 39 #1,627
1975 — 28 28 #1,770
1974 — 22 22 #2,016
1973 7 31 38 #1,568
1972 5 40 45 #1,340
1971 7 33 40 #1,519
1970 10 28 38 #1,644
1969 7 35 42 #1,371
1968 5 21 26 #1,774
1967 7 23 30 #1,637
1966 8 28 36 #1,473
1965 7 19 26 #1,840
1964 7 10 17 #2,778
1963 13 18 31 #1,945
1962 14 10 24 #2,789
1961 12 7 19 #3,511
1960 5 9 14 #3,010
1959 — 5 5 #4,297
1958 7 20 27 #1,819
1957 — 10 10 #2,761
1956 — 11 11 #2,591
1955 — 8 8 #3,128
1954 5 13 18 #2,293
1953 5 6 11 #3,658
1952 — 9 9 #2,820
1950 — 8 8 #2,962
1947 — 5 5 #4,088
1945 — 5 5 #3,659
1940 — 9 9 #2,649
1938 — 7 7 #3,132
1937 — 9 9 #2,656
1936 — 8 8 #2,828
1935 — 5 5 #4,003
1934 — 5 5 #4,041
1933 — 5 5 #4,009
1932 — 6 6 #3,684
1931 — 10 10 #2,637
1930 — 5 5 #4,361
1928 — 8 8 #3,311
1926 — 7 7 #3,659
1923 — 5 5 #4,687
1921 — 6 6 #4,201
1917 — 5 5 #4,447