Diesel
2025 SSA
About Diesel
Diesel, which you can think of as a word name for the fuel or as a German surname that derives from a pet form of Matthew or Mathias, is a new entry to the American name lexicon thanks to celebrities Jennie Finch and Casey Daigle, who chose it for their son, baby brother of Ace. Diesel might also be thought of as one of the neo-macho names, joining such bros as Harley, Ranger, and Breaker.
Pronounced DEE-zul.
As of October 2026, Diesel ranked #2335 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1186 in 2014.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,186 | 156 | 81.2 |
| 2015 | #1,279 | 140 | 73 |
| 2016 | #1,325 | 135 | 71.1 |
| 2017 | #1,441 | 119 | 64.3 |
| 2018 | #1,665 | 96 | 52.9 |
| 2019 | #1,793 | 86 | 47.9 |
| 2020 | #1,877 | 79 | 45.8 |
| 2021 | #1,905 | 80 | 45.7 |
| 2022 | #2,525 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2023 | #2,294 | 61 | 35.7 |
| 2024 | #3,163 | 38 | 22.1 |
| 2025 | #2,335 | 59 | 34.5 |
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Diesel on lists
Famous Diesels
- Diesel Dean Daigle (b. 2011)
son of athletes Jennie Finch and Casey Daigle
- Vin Diesel
American actor
- Rudolph Diesel
creator of the diesel engine
Diesel in pop culture
- Diesel
character in the "Lizzy and Diesel" series by Janet Evanovich
- Diesel
character in Freeform's "Recovery Road"
- Diesel
character in the musical "West Side Story"
- Diesel
retail clothing company