Dietmar
Dietmar is a German forename.Dietmar I, ruled 874 to 907 Dietmar von Aist, Minnesinger from a baronial family of Upper Austria, documented between 1140 and 1171 Dietmar Bär, German actor Dietmar Bartsch, German politician, former Bundesgeschäftsführer Dietmar Beiersdorfer, former footballer and coach Dietmar Berchtold, Austrian football midfielder Dietmar Bonnen, German composer and…
- German
Meaning & Origin of Dietmar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dietmar is a German forename.Dietmar I, ruled 874 to 907 Dietmar von Aist, Minnesinger from a baronial family of Upper Austria, documented between 1140 and 1171 Dietmar Bär, German actor Dietmar Bartsch, German politician, former Bundesgeschäftsführer Dietmar Beiersdorfer, former footballer and coach Dietmar Berchtold, Austrian football midfielder Dietmar Bonnen, German composer and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Dietmar
Dietmar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1958, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1964: 6 births, good for #3,602 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 55% of all recorded Dietmars. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1964 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 11 Dietmars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dietmar
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About the name Dietmar
Dietmar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1958 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Dietmar's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #3,602. Use the chart and map above to compare Dietmar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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