The first name Dietrich
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male Also a surname
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Dietrich at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 29 boys born in the United States were named Dietrich, the 3,777th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2016, when 58 were.
GirlsBoys
2,212
babies named Dietrich since 1880
#3,777
rank in 2025
2016
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Dietrich
51 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Dietrich BonhoefferGerman Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
- Dietrich BuxtehudeDanish-German organist and composer (1637–1707)
- Dietrich von CholtitzGerman general (1894-1966)
- Dietrich MateschitzAustrian businessman (1944–2022)
- Dietrich EckartGerman journalist and politician (1868-1923)
- Dietrich von HildebrandGerman Catholic philosopher and theologian (1889–1977)
- Dietrich ThurauGerman cyclist, born 1954
- Dietrich von SauckenGerman general (1892-1980)
- Dietrich, Count of OldenburgGerman noble, 1390–1440
- Dietrich KraissGerman general (1889-1944)
- Dietrich von Altenburg19th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, 1250–1341
- Dietrich BrandisGerman botanist and forester (1824–1907)
Questions
- Is Dietrich a boy's or a girl's name?
- Both. Of the 2,212 US babies named Dietrich since 1880, 7% were girls and 93% boys.
- When was Dietrich most popular?
- 2016 in the United States, when 58 babies were named Dietrich, its highest rank at 2,284th.
- Is Dietrich also a surname?
- Yes. Dietrich is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.