Diana

#244 for girls in 2025, 1,277 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #8,324
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1946 · 7,544 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
52 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
368,487
since 1880

Diana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #42, 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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2441,277—
2024#2421,301—
2023#2281,312—
2022#2291,316—
2021#2251,329—
2020#2451,236—
2019#2131,435—
2018#1851,608—
2017#2301,368—
2016#2691,183—
2015#2961,091—
2014#2981,092—
2013#2711,179—
2012#2511,288—
2011#2041,545—
2010#1901,622—
2009#1661,943—
2008#1382,444#8,3249
2007#1063,182#12,3675
2006#1202,841—
2005#1003,159#10,1516
2004#903,554#5,81313
2003#1083,149#5,03515
2002#1172,907#6,08811
2001#1023,198—
2000#1063,167#6,8399
1999#1013,328#5,31712
1998#833,853#6,3149
1997#973,586#5,28811
1996#1072,951#7,9716
1995#1053,167#4,05215
1994#983,369#2,12338
1993#943,389#2,29533
1992#1013,251#2,59927
1991#1033,342#2,22732
1990#983,548#2,37329
1989#863,687#1,67846
1988#853,489#2,19728
1987#853,354#1,79336
1986#753,669#1,83733
1985#743,686#1,72435
1984#723,965#1,48142
1983#694,039#1,82230
1982#634,430#1,73433
1981#753,971#2,20423
1980#1182,614#2,96515
1979#1112,781#3,35712
1978#1022,885#2,37519
1977#1002,846#2,66516
1976#1012,760#2,82614
1975#1002,912#2,54016
1974#873,513#2,12920
1973#853,519#2,71613
1972#833,548#2,53414
1971#824,211#2,20318
1970#894,373#2,29316
1969#814,525#2,04617
1968#714,995#1,89418
1967#655,340#1,75820
1966#645,504#2,62710
1965#645,926#2,08415
1964#637,070#1,97517
1963#627,310#1,95717
1962#577,842#1,42330
1961#568,198#1,73122
1960#538,327#1,91018
1959#498,637#1,75921
1958#459,169#2,02616
1957#439,433#1,54726
1956#567,851#2,7989
1955#557,847#1,84518
1954#577,624#2,31612
1953#557,438#1,67721
1952#517,392#1,80418
1951#507,396#2,49510
1950#477,447#1,74618
1949#487,535#1,94115
1948#487,706#1,46025
1947#487,622#2,07614
1946#427,544#1,69218
1945#436,047#1,69716
1944#604,311#2,4679
1943#624,337#1,83316
1942#683,857#1,94614
1941#1002,544#1,90314
1940#1172,195#1,89414
1939#1381,712#2,8297
1938#1511,466—
1937#1571,333—
1936#202834—
1935#212804#3,6455
1934#205860—
1933#227728—
1932#236661—
1931#265538—
1930#263564—
1929#278539—
1928#330407—
1927#364351—
1926#381320#4,2015
1925#393304—
1924#418277—
1923#397284—
1922#403267—
1921#442242—
1920#443232—
1919#454213—
1918#462209—
1917#550149—
1916#519159—
1915#490157—
1914#443152—
1913#506101—
1912#52186—
1911#57356—
1910#55055—
1909#58044—
1908#48855—
1907#63135—
1906#57038—
1905#63231—
1904#55936—
1903#65426—
1902#53736—
1901#65923—
1900#65629—
1899#53731—
1898#61927—
1897#73518—
1896#55330—
1895#63823—
1894#60923—
1893#57124—
1892#63820—
1891#66916—
1890#75813—
1889#56720—
1888#1,1366—
1887#56016—
1886#63313—
1885#60813—
1884#54115—
1883#61510—
1882#6788—
1881#6797—
1880#54710—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Diana was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Diana is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedAKMaine: #139 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 628 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedNHWashington: #152 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 762 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedIDMontana: #136 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 593 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #185 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,130 girlsNDMinnesota: #199 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,462 girlsMNIllinois: #128 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 697 girlsILWisconsin: #127 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 764 girlsWIMichigan: #153 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,046 girlsMINew York: #106 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 487 girlsNYMassachusetts: #120 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 796 girlsMARhode Island: #84 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 343 girlsRIOregon: #137 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 628 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedSDIowa: #204 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,644 girlsIAIndiana: #158 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,019 girlsINOhio: #196 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,551 girlsOHPennsylvania: #174 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 1,270 girlsPANew Jersey: #119 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 622 girlsNJConnecticut: #113 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 615 girlsCTCalifornia: #76 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 335 girlsCAUtah: #187 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 881 girlsUTColorado: #223 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,316 girlsCONebraska: #268 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,047 girlsNEMissouri: #227 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,501 girlsMOKentucky: #366 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,411 girlsKYWest Virginia: #310 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,615 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedVAMaryland: #189 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,278 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedNMKansas: #230 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,464 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedARTennessee: #336 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,975 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #451 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,076 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,258 girlsOKLouisiana: #304 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,885 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedALGeorgia: #400 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,328 girlsGAHawaii: #121 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 427 girlsHITexas: #343 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,042 girlsTXFlorida: #281 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,946 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#76 · 1 in 335
  2. Rhode Island#84 · 1 in 343
  3. New York#106 · 1 in 487
  4. Connecticut#113 · 1 in 615
  5. New Jersey#119 · 1 in 622

Best ever in a state: #14 in New Mexico, 1957.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#761021 in 335
Rhode Island#84121 in 343
New York#1061701 in 487
Connecticut#113151 in 615
New Jersey#119381 in 622
Massachusetts#120351 in 796
Hawaii#12171 in 427
Wisconsin#127291 in 764
Illinois#128711 in 697
Montana#13661 in 593
Oregon#13781 in 628
Maine#139101 in 628
Washington#152121 in 762
Michigan#153351 in 1,046
Indiana#158221 in 1,019
Pennsylvania#174561 in 1,270
North Dakota#18551 in 1,130
Utah#18751 in 881
Maryland#18991 in 1,278
Ohio#196291 in 1,551
Minnesota#199131 in 1,462
Iowa#204111 in 1,644
Colorado#22361 in 1,316
Missouri#227181 in 1,501
Kansas#23091 in 1,464
Nebraska#26851 in 2,047
Florida#28161 in 1,946
Louisiana#304111 in 1,885
West Virginia#31071 in 2,615
Oklahoma#313101 in 2,258
Tennessee#33691 in 2,975
Texas#343281 in 2,042
Kentucky#36681 in 3,411
Georgia#40071 in 4,328
North Carolina#45161 in 6,076
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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 Diana
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#242 → #244)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#245 → #244)
  • 52 spots since 2015 (#296 → #244)
  • Biggest jump: 569 spots in 1889 (#1,136 → #567)
  • Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1888 (#560 → #1,136)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1946 at #42 (7,544 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 52 yrs · run 1941–1975
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1889–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 208
  • Highest: 1 in 208 girls born in 1946 were named Diana (0.48%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,259 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.8% of all girls named Diana (80,234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s118#541 (1884)#656
1890s225#537 (1899)#633
1900s353#488 (1908)#597
1910s1,337#443 (1914)#507
1920s3,223#278 (1929)#385
1930s9,500#138 (1939)#206
1940s53,698#42 (1946)#64
1950s80,234#43 (1957)#51
1960s65,037#53 (1960)#64
1970s33,348#82 (1971)#94
1980s36,904#63 (1982)#80
1990s33,784#83 (1998)#99
2000s29,544#90 (2004)#115
2010s13,411#185 (2018)#241
2020s7,771#225 (2021)#236

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.

Diana in 1934

girls
#205
860 births · 1 in 1,214 girls

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #205Diana860
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 1,214 of them was named Diana, which outranked 95.9% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diana
  1. #202Inez881
  2. #203Annette872
  3. #204Mamie864
  4. #205Diana860
  5. #206Jackie859
  6. #207Ernestine854
  7. #208Carmen852
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →