Re: The rise and fall of Dieter—what happened?
Thank you for the thorough write up. The only person I know who bears the name Dieter was born in 1940. I like the theory you have for parents wanting to differentiate their child from older generations of Nazis.
Thank you also for sharing that it was part of the top 100 and 200 later. I had the most difficult time finding any census records of baby names in Germany from the 1960s. I found one source that suggested Dieter may have been popular in the 60s but it didn’t give its place on the rankings.