Diesel

#2,332 for boys in 2025, 59 births

Peak · boys
2014 · 156 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,092
since 2001

Diesel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Diesel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #1,186, 2014boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,33259
2024#3,16138
2023#2,29061
2022#2,51754
2021#1,90380
2020#1,87279
2019#1,79086
2018#1,66396
2017#1,439119
2016#1,326135
2015#1,271141
2014#1,186156
2013#1,285135
2012#1,295134
2011#1,364123
2010#1,503108
2009#1,413119
2008#1,69290
2007#1,83079
2006#2,03765
2005#2,56743
2004#3,21730
2003#3,36627
2002#3,45025
2001#6,44510
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First appearance
2001

The first year at least five boys were named Diesel! It came in at #6,445, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

Where Diesel is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedNHWashington: #603 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,107 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,382 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,510 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedIAIndiana: #883 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,477 boysINOhio: #1,158 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,531 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,297 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 17,296 boysCAUtah: #429 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,299 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,115 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,767 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #667 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,291 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,662 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 23,307 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Diesel, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#429 · 1 in 2,299
  2. Washington#603 · 1 in 4,107
  3. Oklahoma#667 · 1 in 4,291
  4. Indiana#883 · 1 in 7,477
  5. North Carolina#1,115 · 1 in 10,767

Best ever in a state: #339 in Utah, 2012.

Show every state
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Utah#429101 in 2,299
Washington#60391 in 4,107
Oklahoma#66751 in 4,291
Indiana#88351 in 7,477
North Carolina#1,11551 in 10,767
Ohio#1,15851 in 12,531
California#1,297141 in 17,296
Illinois#1,38251 in 14,510
Texas#1,66281 in 23,307
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See more about Diesel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 829 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #2,332)
  • 460 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #2,332)
  • 1,061 spots since 2015 (#1,271 → #2,332)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2001
  • Peaked 2014 at #1,186 (156 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,313
  • Highest: 1 in 12,313 boys born in 2014 were named Diesel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,950 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 58.9% of all boys named Diesel (1,233) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s488#1,413 (2009)#2,891
2010s1,233#1,186 (2014)#1,412
2020s371#1,872 (2020)#2,346

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Diesel in 2009

boys
#1,413
119 births · 1 in 16,669 boys

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #1,413Diesel119
More about 2009

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 16,669 of them was named Diesel, which outranked 90.3% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diesel
  1. #1,409Jet120
  2. #1,409Leyton120
  3. #1,409Sutton120
  4. #1,413Diesel119
  5. #1,413Anakin119
  6. #1,413Benito119
  7. #1,413Glen119
  8. #1,425Abhinav118
  9. #1,425Dylon118
  10. #1,425Jaylyn118

Tied with 11 names at #1,413; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009 →