Diamond
#2,017 for girls in 2025, 94 births · #3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
Given to girls 92.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 2,160 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,733since 1908
Diamond over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,017 | 94 | #3,181 | 37 |
| 2024 | #1,613 | 129 | #2,444 | 56 |
| 2023 | #1,603 | 130 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #1,590 | 133 | #2,517 | 54 |
| 2021 | #1,410 | 154 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #1,334 | 165 | #3,136 | 36 |
| 2019 | #1,218 | 192 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #1,122 | 218 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #1,108 | 227 | #3,586 | 30 |
| 2016 | #1,113 | 228 | #3,293 | 34 |
| 2015 | #1,014 | 264 | #3,231 | 35 |
| 2014 | #884 | 308 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #707 | 395 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #787 | 347 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #759 | 363 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #633 | 463 | #3,377 | 32 |
| 2009 | #495 | 618 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #446 | 706 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #356 | 912 | #3,591 | 29 |
| 2006 | #315 | 1,053 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | #301 | 1,057 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #263 | 1,223 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | #235 | 1,400 | #2,392 | 44 |
| 2002 | #207 | 1,579 | #2,755 | 34 |
| 2001 | #167 | 1,945 | #1,935 | 56 |
| 2000 | #162 | 2,081 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | #150 | 2,160 | #1,932 | 50 |
| 1998 | #164 | 1,919 | #1,418 | 80 |
| 1997 | #181 | 1,676 | #1,402 | 78 |
| 1996 | #179 | 1,697 | #1,303 | 84 |
| 1995 | #179 | 1,682 | #1,244 | 87 |
| 1994 | #170 | 1,786 | #1,128 | 101 |
| 1993 | #192 | 1,522 | #1,185 | 89 |
| 1992 | #219 | 1,301 | #1,119 | 96 |
| 1991 | #324 | 826 | #1,147 | 92 |
| 1990 | #429 | 591 | #1,326 | 70 |
| 1989 | #516 | 455 | #1,308 | 70 |
| 1988 | #596 | 336 | #1,395 | 56 |
| 1987 | #702 | 260 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #958 | 164 | #1,457 | 47 |
| 1985 | #1,060 | 139 | #1,416 | 48 |
| 1984 | #1,272 | 99 | #1,630 | 36 |
| 1983 | #1,379 | 86 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #1,363 | 90 | #1,815 | 31 |
| 1981 | #1,912 | 56 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #1,824 | 55 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | — | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Diamond! It came in at #1,862, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Diamond is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#410 · 1 in 1,449
- Louisiana#582 · 1 in 2,312
- New Jersey#835 · 1 in 4,355
- Tennessee#862 · 1 in 4,338
- Texas#953 · 1 in 5,274
Best ever in a state: #8 in District of Columbia, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #410 | 7 | 1 in 1,449 |
| Louisiana | #582 | 8 | 1 in 2,312 |
| New Jersey | #835 | 8 | 1 in 4,355 |
| Tennessee | #862 | 7 | 1 in 4,338 |
| Texas | #953 | 29 | 1 in 5,274 |
| Virginia | #1,161 | 5 | 1 in 6,828 |
| North Carolina | #1,230 | 6 | 1 in 7,272 |
| Georgia | #1,279 | 6 | 1 in 7,415 |
| Florida | #1,440 | 8 | 1 in 10,057 |
| New York | #1,514 | 8 | 1 in 9,948 |
| California | #1,918 | 11 | 1 in 15,838 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| Michigan | — | — | — |
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| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
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| South Carolina | — | — | — |
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| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Diamond
- 404 spots since 2024 (#1,613 → #2,017)
- 683 spots since 2020 (#1,334 → #2,017)
- 1,003 spots since 2015 (#1,014 → #2,017)
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1987 (#958 → #702)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 2014 (#707 → #884)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1999 at #150 (2,160 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1986–2014
- Highest: 1 in 821 girls born in 1999 were named Diamond (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,099 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 44.9% of all girls named Diamond (15,160) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1975, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,862 (1908) | #1,910 |
| 1910s | 65 | #1,935 (1910) | #2,909 |
| 1920s | 82 | #2,899 (1920) | #3,704 |
| 1930s | 9 | #3,047 (1932) | #3,047 |
| 1940s | 10 | #4,556 (1945) | #4,900 |
| 1950s | 14 | #4,837 (1956) | #4,934 |
| 1960s | 35 | #4,779 (1968) | #5,654 |
| 1970s | 218 | #1,824 (1978) | #3,941 |
| 1980s | 1,744 | #516 (1989) | #1,159 |
| 1990s | 15,160 | #150 (1999) | #219 |
| 2000s | 12,574 | #162 (2000) | #295 |
| 2010s | 3,005 | #633 (2010) | #935 |
| 2020s | 805 | #1,334 (2020) | #1,595 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Diamond in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 9,797 of them was named Diamond, which outranked 92.4% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,327Scottie166
- #1,327Tilly166
- #1,327Vivien166
- #1,334Diamond165
- #1,334Amarah165
- #1,334Emmarie165
- #1,334Evelina165
- #1,343Carina164
- #1,343Delia164
- #1,343Elissa164
Tied with 8 names at #1,334; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 47,947 of them was named Diamond, which outranked 77.7% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,074Whitley37
- #3,074Williams37
- #3,074Yared37
- #3,136Diamond36
- #3,136Aasim36
- #3,136Abdurrahman36
- #3,136Adi36
- #3,202Abbott35
- #3,202Amaree35
- #3,202Amay35
Tied with 65 names at #3,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.