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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #151 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 571 girlsAKMaine: #205 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,055 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedNHWashington: #142 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 702 girlsWAIdaho: #241 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,071 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #201 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,270 girlsMNIllinois: #81 for girls · 213 births · 1 in 369 girlsILWisconsin: #242 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,544 girlsWIMichigan: #180 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,077 girlsMINew York: #54 for girls · 393 births · 1 in 311 girlsNYMassachusetts: #116 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 596 girlsMARhode Island: #167 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 789 girlsRIOregon: #123 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 579 girlsORNevada: #166 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 766 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedSDIowa: #305 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,997 girlsIAIndiana: #211 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,256 girlsINOhio: #189 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 1,143 girlsOHPennsylvania: #158 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 943 girlsPANew Jersey: #94 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 421 girlsNJConnecticut: #165 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 955 girlsCTCalifornia: #34 for girls · 1,285 births · 1 in 204 girlsCAUtah: #170 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 797 girlsUTColorado: #140 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 716 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedNEMissouri: #214 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,263 girlsMOKentucky: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,540 girlsKYWest Virginia: #278 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,757 girlsWVVirginia: #142 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 771 girlsVAMaryland: #122 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 660 girlsMDDelaware: #112 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 463 girlsDEArizona: #83 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 355 girlsAZNew Mexico: #106 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 464 girlsNMKansas: #216 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,163 girlsKSArkansas: #406 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,525 girlsARTennessee: #332 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,322 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #169 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 950 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #406 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,504 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #113 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 422 girlsDCOklahoma: #182 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 919 girlsOKLouisiana: #301 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,692 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Diana, so not publishedMSAlabama: #259 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,605 girlsALGeorgia: #181 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,067 girlsGAHawaii: #156 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 606 girlsHITexas: #65 for girls · 428 births · 1 in 321 girlsTXFlorida: #97 for girls · 163 births · 1 in 485 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#34 · 1 in 204
  2. New York#54 · 1 in 311
  3. Texas#65 · 1 in 321
  4. Illinois#81 · 1 in 369
  5. Arizona#83 · 1 in 355

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#341,2851 in 204
New York#543931 in 311
Texas#654281 in 321
Illinois#812131 in 369
Arizona#83741 in 355
New Jersey#941141 in 421
Florida#971631 in 485
New Mexico#106201 in 464
Delaware#11281 in 463
District of Columbia#113111 in 422
Massachusetts#116651 in 596
Maryland#122431 in 660
Oregon#123291 in 579
Colorado#140291 in 716
Virginia#142491 in 771
Washington#142441 in 702
Alaska#15161 in 571
Hawaii#15691 in 606
Pennsylvania#158771 in 943
Connecticut#165201 in 955
Nevada#16691 in 766
Rhode Island#16771 in 789
North Carolina#169431 in 950
Utah#170171 in 797
Michigan#180581 in 1,077
Georgia#181401 in 1,067
Oklahoma#182191 in 919
Ohio#189621 in 1,143
Minnesota#201221 in 1,270
Maine#20561 in 1,055
Indiana#211281 in 1,256
Missouri#214261 in 1,263
Kansas#216121 in 1,163
Idaho#24151 in 1,071
Wisconsin#242191 in 1,544
Alabama#259141 in 1,605
West Virginia#27851 in 1,757
Louisiana#301151 in 1,692
Iowa#30581 in 1,997
Tennessee#332131 in 2,322
Arkansas#40651 in 2,525
South Carolina#40681 in 2,504
Kentucky#43761 in 3,540
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Montana———
Nebraska———
New Hampshire———
North Dakota———
South Dakota———
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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 1990

girls
#98
3,548 births · 1 in 535 girls
boys
#2,373
29 births · 1 in 70,829 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #98Diana3,548

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #2,373Diana29
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 535 of them was named Diana, which outranked 99.4% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diana
  1. #95Alexandria3,595
  2. #96Veronica3,588
  3. #97Patricia3,579
  4. #98Diana3,548
  5. #99Gabrielle3,541
  6. #100Shelby3,517
  7. #101Kaitlin3,472
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 70,829 of them was named Diana, which outranked 75.0% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diana
  1. #2,308Wil30
  2. #2,308Yannick30
  3. #2,308Zacharey30
  4. #2,373Diana29
  5. #2,373Ace29
  6. #2,373Alanmichael29
  7. #2,373Arash29
  8. #2,432Abran28
  9. #2,432Aleksandr28
  10. #2,432Alix28

Tied with 58 names at #2,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →