# Dieter (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dieter/  
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 | 915 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 915 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | 8,357 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,146 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,361 |
| 2010 | 16 | 5,549 |
| 2011 | 12 | 6,689 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,329 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,621 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,177 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,211 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,057 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,113 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,043 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,005 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,221 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,176 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 1,591 |
| 1997 | 7 | 1,578 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## People named Dieter

- Dieter Rams, German industrial designer (born 1932)
- Dieter Hoeneß, German footballer and manager
- Dieter Eilts, German football player and coach
- Dieter Hecking, German association football player and manager
- Dieter Müller, German footballer
- Dieter Herzog, German footballer (1946–2025)
- Dieter Baumann, German long-distance runner and autobiographer (born 1965)
- Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (1950–2024)
- Dieter Zetsche, German manager and businessman; global CEO of Mercedes
- Dieter Quester, Austrian Formula One driver
- Dieter Borsche, German actor (1909-1982)
- Dieter Riedel, East German association football player and manager

## 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.