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How popular is the name Diesel?

Births per year, rank history and how many Diesels are alive today.

Diesel (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2020 (ranked 3334th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2006, when 37 babies were given the name, the 711th most popular that year.

The Diesel you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Diesels born in England and Wales are between 15 and 22, and there are at least 260 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Diesel - on average, only one in every 1,166 such rooms contains a Diesel.

How many babies are named Diesel each year?

0102030200020201999: 52000: 42002: 32003: 172004: 132005: 192006: 372007: 192008: 82009: 142010: 172011: 132012: 152013: 52014: 52015: 42016: 52017: 62018: 72020: 5actual

Where does Diesel rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 2,5012002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 1,0532004: ranked 1,3472005: ranked 1,0952006: ranked 7112007: ranked 1,2012008: ranked 2,2762009: ranked 1,5682010: ranked 1,4072011: ranked 1,6882012: ranked 1,5892013: ranked 3,3152014: ranked 3,3622015: ranked 3,9082016: ranked 3,4782017: ranked 3,0402018: ranked 2,6932020: ranked 3,334

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Diesel per year in England and Wales, 1999 to 2020, peaking at about 37 in 2006
Diesel: births per year in England and Wales, 1999-2020. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Diesel most popular?

Diesel peaked in 2006, when 37 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Diesel?

At least 260 people named Diesel born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Diesel?

Most living Diesels are between 15 and 22; the most common age is about 20.

Is Diesel becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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