# Didier (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/didier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,009 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,009 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 31, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,919 |
| 2012 | 37 | 3,067 |
| 2013 | 30 | 3,520 |
| 2014 | 37 | 3,050 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,614 |
| 2016 | 43 | 2,797 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3,262 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,263 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,519 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3,290 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,817 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,464 |
| 2023 | 26 | 4,142 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4,349 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,549 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Didier

- Didier Deschamps, French association football player and coach
- Didier Reynders, Belgian politician, currently European Commissioner for Justice
- Didier Pironi, French racing driver (1952-1987)
- Didier Six, French footballer (born 1954)
- Didier Auriol, French rally driver
- Didier Dinart, French handball player
- Didier Guillaume, French politician (1959–2025)
- Didier Ovono, Gabonese footballer
- Didier Lockwood, French jazz violonist and composer (1956–2018)
- Didier Van Cauwelaert, French writer
- Didier Ibrahim Ndong, Gabonese association football player
- Didier Mbenga, Belgian/Congolese basketball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.