Dian

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 96.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1946 · 287 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,369
since 1912

Dian over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dian has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #459, 1946girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025—#7,19411
2024—#5,44317
2023—#7,28911
2022—#5,44517
2021—#8,1669
2020—#4,69820
2019—#8,2159
2018—#8,1549
2017—#8,8408
2016—#8,8168
2015#16,4195#8,7448
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2013—#12,1365
2012—#12,2745
2011—#9,6007
2010—#8,8038
2009#15,2426#8,3109
2008—#6,76312
2007#17,6365#10,9216
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2005#11,8348—
2004#10,6909#11,3565
2003#13,8446#10,8945
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2001#13,5216#10,5565
2000#10,7458—
1999#11,3857—
1998#8,58410—
1997#10,8367—
1996#10,5677—
1995#10,5147—
1994#10,5697—
1993#8,05210—
1992#6,65213#8,4355
1991#7,43011#8,2365
1990#10,1937—
1989#8,0379—
1988#5,06516—
1987#4,12220—
1986#5,18814—
1985#6,03111—
1984#4,16618—
1983#4,68615—
1982#3,53023—
1981#5,57112—
1980#5,91211—
1979#4,84214—
1978#5,95810—
1977#5,53211—
1976#4,15415—
1975#4,37014—
1974#3,69517—
1973#2,75325—
1972#2,97622—
1971#2,17537—
1970#2,04340—
1969#2,02338—
1968#1,77644—
1967#1,46058—
1966#1,36864—
1965#1,32368—
1964#1,31972—
1963#1,21881—
1962#1,16788—
1961#1,10898—
1960#1,047105—
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1953#674178—
1952#745142#3,7345
1951#609199—
1950#636180—
1949#598189—
1948#590199—
1947#541242—
1946#459287—
1945#522196—
1944#551173—
1943#536196—
1942#529196—
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1939#602125—
1938#650111—
1937#91057—
1936#1,05344—
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1934#1,04744—
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1927#3,8757—
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Dian! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Dian is popular in 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedNHWashington: #338 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,226 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedMNIllinois: #533 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,352 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedWIMichigan: #533 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,720 girlsMINew York: #741 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 14,971 girlsNYMassachusetts: #418 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,271 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedINOhio: #649 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,050 girlsOHPennsylvania: #545 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,863 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #665 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 9,302 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedCONebraska: #295 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,856 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #307 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,866 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedNMKansas: #336 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,255 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedARTennessee: #372 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,213 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #431 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,314 girlsOKLouisiana: #571 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,087 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedMSAlabama: #344 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,045 girlsALGeorgia: #508 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,152 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedHITexas: #602 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,373 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dian, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#295 · 1 in 2,856
  2. West Virginia#307 · 1 in 2,866
  3. Kansas#336 · 1 in 3,255
  4. Washington#338 · 1 in 3,226
  5. Alabama#344 · 1 in 3,045

Best ever in a state: #180 in Utah, 1944.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#29551 in 2,856
West Virginia#30781 in 2,866
Kansas#33661 in 3,255
Washington#33881 in 3,226
Alabama#344121 in 3,045
Tennessee#37291 in 4,213
Massachusetts#41851 in 9,271
Oklahoma#43151 in 4,314
Georgia#50861 in 7,152
Illinois#533111 in 8,352
Michigan#53391 in 8,720
Pennsylvania#545111 in 9,863
Louisiana#57151 in 7,087
Texas#602161 in 6,373
Ohio#64971 in 13,050
California#665131 in 9,302
New York#741101 in 14,971
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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 Dian
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
  • Biggest jump: 963 spots in 1932 (#1,876 → #913)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1960 (#895 → #1,047)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1946 at #459 (287 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1937–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,475
  • Highest: 1 in 5,475 girls born in 1946 were named Dian (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 36.8% of all girls named Dian (1,978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#2,979 (1912)#2,979
1920s60#2,437 (1929)#3,568
1930s579#602 (1939)#1,058
1940s1,978#459 (1946)#548
1950s1,538#609 (1951)#771
1960s716#1,047 (1960)#1,381
1970s205#2,043 (1970)#3,850
1980s149#3,530 (1982)#5,231
1990s86#6,652 (1992)#9,478
2000s48#10,690 (2004)#13,359
2010s5#16,419 (2015)#16,419

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.

Dian in 1951

girls
#609
199 births · 1 in 9,050 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #609Dian199
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 9,050 of them was named Dian, which outranked 90.2% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dian
  1. #604Valorie202
  2. #607Blanca201
  3. #608Mabel200
  4. #609Dian199
  5. #609Katrina199
  6. #611Peggie198
  7. #612Portia197
  8. #613Joe196

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951 →