How Many People Are Named Dieter?
people named Dieter are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 419,883 people in the US has this name
Based on 915 babies named Dieter in Social Security records from 1953 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
36 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "warrior of the people", derived from the Germanic elements theud "people" and hari "army".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dieter in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dieter alive today is about 42 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dieter first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 1967, to 36 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Dieter has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,258, in 1967.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,258 (1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,517 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dieter alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dieter were born in California than in any other state: about 55 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dieter was given about 5.9 times as often in California.
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