Diesel
Diesel was the 2335th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 1186th with 156 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,062 places. More babies were named Diesel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,335 boys, down 456 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 59boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2014156 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,092babies recorded
Diesel popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,335 | 59 |
| 2020 | #1,879 | 79 |
| 2010 | #1,505 | 108 |
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How popular is Diesel, counting every spelling?
Diesel is the most common spelling of a name family that had 59 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 59 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diesel | 59 | #2,335 | 292 |
| Diezel | — | — | 39 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Diesel?
59 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Diesel (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Diesel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 142 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Diesel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Diesel?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Diesel are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 8 and 16. That makes Diesel a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Diesel by state
How common Diesel was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Diesel: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Diesel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Diesel
How popular is the name Diesel?
Diesel was the 2335th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 1186th with 156 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,062 places. More babies were named Diesel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Diesel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Diesel in the US.
Where is Diesel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Diesel was most common in Missouri (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Arizona.