Didier
Boy · DEE-dee-ay · Latin
Didier is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “longing, desired”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Didier mean?
Latin: French form of Desiderius
“longing, desired”
The French form of Desiderius, a name borne by several early saints.
- Say it
- DEE-dee-ay
Is Didier a girl's or a boy's name?
Didier is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Didier in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5 boys.
Didier in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Didier in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Didier, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had fewer boys named Didier than any year since 2001.
Half of all the boys named Didier in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Didier in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
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