Meaning and history
German form of Theodoric. The figure Dietrich von Bern, loosely based on Theodoric the Great, appears in medieval German literature, including the Hildebrandslied, the Nibelungenlied, and the Eckenlied.
20062006: 31 births, rank #3,384
2007: 33 births, rank #3,313
2008: 27 births, rank #3,823
2009: 22 births, rank #4,429
2010: 32 births, rank #3,377
20112011: 26 births, rank #3,885
2012: 37 births, rank #3,059
2013: 42 births, rank #2,763
2014: 56 births, rank #2,317
2015: 28 births, rank #3,775
20162016: 58 births, rank #2,278
2017: 50 births, rank #2,532
2018: 30 births, rank #3,607
2019: 41 births, rank #2,943
2020: 25 births, rank #4,020
20212021: 41 births, rank #2,972
2022: 28 births, rank #3,879
2023: 27 births, rank #4,002
2024: 35 births, rank #3,335
20252025: 29 births, rank #3,757
In 2025, 29 babies were recorded with the name Dietrich, ranking #3,757 among boys.