Is Diesel a boy or girl name?

Diesel is a boy’s name. Of the 2,092 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Diesel

Recorded 2001–2025 · United States

Diesel was most popular in 2014, when 156 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,602 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,022, with 59 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,092 people named Diesel.

Diesel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Diesel’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Diesel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Diesel is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,092 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Diesel

Where Diesel is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org