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
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 287 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,369since 1912
Dian over time
Rank among girls' names. Dian has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,698 | 20 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,460 | 58 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,323 | 68 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,319 | 72 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,218 | 81 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,167 | 88 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,108 | 98 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,047 | 105 | — | |
| 1959 | #895 | 135 | — | |
| 1958 | #883 | 133 | — | |
| 1957 | #871 | 136 | — | |
| 1956 | #830 | 142 | — | |
| 1955 | #818 | 140 | — | |
| 1954 | #748 | 153 | — | |
| 1953 | #674 | 178 | — | |
| 1952 | #745 | 142 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #609 | 199 | — | |
| 1950 | #636 | 180 | — | |
| 1949 | #598 | 189 | — | |
| 1948 | #590 | 199 | — | |
| 1947 | #541 | 242 | — | |
| 1946 | #459 | 287 | — | |
| 1945 | #522 | 196 | — | |
| 1944 | #551 | 173 | — | |
| 1943 | #536 | 196 | — | |
| 1942 | #529 | 196 | — | |
| 1941 | #529 | 175 | — | |
| 1940 | #629 | 125 | — | |
| 1939 | #602 | 125 | — | |
| 1938 | #650 | 111 | — | |
| 1937 | #910 | 57 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,053 | 44 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 | — | |
| 1933 | #957 | 51 | — | |
| 1932 | #913 | 59 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
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| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#403 · 1 in 5,857
- Indiana#677 · 1 in 10,075
- New Jersey#688 · 1 in 11,561
- Illinois#956 · 1 in 17,936
- California#1,045 · 1 in 17,265
Best ever in a state: #180 in Utah, 1944.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #403 | 9 | 1 in 5,857 |
| Indiana | #677 | 5 | 1 in 10,075 |
| New Jersey | #688 | 5 | 1 in 11,561 |
| Illinois | #956 | 6 | 1 in 17,936 |
| California | #1,045 | 10 | 1 in 17,265 |
| Texas | #1,107 | 7 | 1 in 16,199 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1946 at #459 (287 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1937–1959
- 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%)
- 36.8% of all girls named Dian (1,978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #2,979 (1912) | #2,979 |
| 1920s | 60 | #2,437 (1929) | #3,568 |
| 1930s | 579 | #602 (1939) | #1,058 |
| 1940s | 1,978 | #459 (1946) | #548 |
| 1950s | 1,538 | #609 (1951) | #771 |
| 1960s | 716 | #1,047 (1960) | #1,381 |
| 1970s | 205 | #2,043 (1970) | #3,850 |
| 1980s | 149 | #3,530 (1982) | #5,231 |
| 1990s | 86 | #6,652 (1992) | #9,478 |
| 2000s | 48 | #10,690 (2004) | #13,359 |
| 2010s | 5 | #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 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
More about 1960
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2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 19,257 of them was named Dian, which outranked 85.7% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,043Johnna106
- #1,043Starr106
- #1,043Thea106
- #1,047Dian105
- #1,047Elissa105
- #1,047Janene105
- #1,047Lani105
- #1,052Becki104
- #1,052Catharine104
- #1,052Dalia104
Tied with 4 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.