Diedra vs Dietrich
American parents have registered 2,212 Dietriches since 1880, against 1,918 Diedras. Dietrich is still ahead, with 29 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Diedra Dietrich
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 97 years in which either name was published, Dietrich for 55 years and Diedra for 42 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1917–1940 Dietrich ahead
- 1944–1976 Diedra ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1977–1979 Dietrich ahead
- 1980–1990 Diedra ahead
- 1993–2025 Dietrich ahead
5 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Diedra | Dietrich | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,918 | 2,212 |
| Most in one year | 87 | 58 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 29 |
| Estimated living today | 1,700 | 2,000 |
| Median age today | 55 | 30 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 2016 |
| Best rank | 1,184th girls | 2,278th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 3,757th |
| First recorded | 1944 | 1917 |
| Girls / boys | 1,918 / 0 | 149 / 2,063 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Diedras alive today are over 55; half the Dietriches are over 30. That is 25 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Diedra Louisiana (9.8×), Texas (4.0×), California (2.2×)
- Dietrich California (4.8×), Texas (3.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Diedra and Dietrich.