Diane

#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #6,816
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1955 · 23,290 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
35 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
518,651
since 1898

Diane over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #14, 1955girls
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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#2,60766—
2024#2,24883—
2023#2,82360—
2022#2,22884—
2021#1,861107—
2020#2,34175—
2019#2,45172—
2018#2,47871—
2017#2,18487—
2016#1,972101—
2015#2,10392—
2014#1,706123—
2013#1,849109—
2012#1,714121—
2011#1,666127—
2010#1,569140—
2009#1,660134—
2008#1,250201—
2007#1,137226—
2006#1,157210—
2005#1,011241—
2004#897271—
2003#933252—
2002#828282—
2001#884260—
2000#711326—
1999#734306—
1998#644358—
1997#608373—
1996#585391—
1995#540440—
1994#542450—
1993#462543#6,8167
1992#414611#8,4355
1991#360711#8,2365
1990#363730#5,8238
1989#317801#5,1659
1988#303818#5,2008
1987#274895#4,9688
1986#2541,015#3,13115
1985#2231,169#6,5235
1984#2181,198#4,5528
1983#1931,377#3,63011
1982#2011,350#5,6196
1981#2061,272#3,60111
1980#2011,287#4,9407
1979#1991,330—
1978#1811,434#3,40011
1977#1641,644#3,60610
1976#1551,689#2,82614
1975#1421,909#4,3097
1974#1292,227#3,31810
1973#1152,603#2,31117
1972#1053,091#3,6228
1971#834,208#2,05220
1970#705,188#1,79424
1969#615,943#1,86120
1968#516,583#1,57425
1967#447,818#1,36431
1966#458,750#1,58024
1965#4010,365#1,40530
1964#3212,864#1,23639
1963#3113,193#1,08150
1962#2614,823#1,42330
1961#2616,205#1,32236
1960#2217,909#1,25239
1959#1919,972#1,08151
1958#1820,811#96262
1957#1722,090#1,04153
1956#1522,518#1,14044
1955#1423,290#1,03353
1954#1722,053#1,13743
1953#1721,351#1,42728
1952#1621,063#1,16640
1951#1519,840#1,29532
1950#1617,636#1,39527
1949#1917,252#1,38028
1948#1916,607#1,19436
1947#1817,775#1,21336
1946#1915,835#1,09440
1945#2212,223#1,13933
1944#2410,710#1,15233
1943#2411,326#1,18733
1942#289,551#1,24431
1941#406,427#1,33325
1940#455,172#1,28827
1939#514,340#1,57818
1938#643,827#2,32610
1937#763,175#1,82815
1936#1122,146#3,1476
1935#1092,197#3,6455
1934#1241,872#2,39310
1933#1341,603#3,2686
1932#1421,439—
1931#211857—
1930#225742—
1929#219796—
1928#260616—
1927#562159—
1926#673116—
1925#668122—
1924#669123—
1923#686115—
1922#694111—
1921#86872—
1920#81480—
1919#75287—
1918#79680—
1917#72193—
1916#677102—
1915#66499—
1914#67175—
1913#61272—
1912#69752—
1911#73335—
1910#73733—
1909#90920—
1908#93918—
1907#1,20611—
1906#1,10112—
1905#1,9315—
1904#96514—
1903#1,3188—
1902#1,5946—
1901#1,4666—
1900#1,4318—
1899#1,1818—
1898#1,7005—
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five girls were named Diane! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Diane is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Diane
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 359 spots since 2024 (#2,248 → #2,607)
  • 266 spots since 2020 (#2,341 → #2,607)
  • 504 spots since 2015 (#2,103 → #2,607)
  • Biggest jump: 353 spots in 1904 (#1,318 → #965)
  • Biggest drop: 966 spots in 1905 (#965 → #1,931)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1955 at #14 (23,290 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1937–1971
  • Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1908–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 84
  • Highest: 1 in 84 girls born in 1955 were named Diane (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 40.6% of all girls named Diane (210,624) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s13#1,181 (1899)#1,441
1900s108#909 (1909)#1,286
1910s728#612 (1913)#706
1920s2,310#219 (1929)#611
1930s22,198#51 (1939)#125
1940s122,878#18 (1947)#26
1950s210,624#14 (1955)#16
1960s114,453#22 (1960)#38
1970s25,323#70 (1970)#134
1980s11,182#193 (1983)#239
1990s4,913#360 (1991)#525
2000s2,403#711 (2000)#1,047
2010s1,043#1,569 (2010)#1,969
2020s475#1,861 (2021)#2,351

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.

Diane in 1898

girls
#1,700
5 births · 1 in 51,754 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #1,700Diane5
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 51,754 of them was named Diane, which outranked 13.9% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diane
  1. #1,502Zana6
  2. #1,502Zera6
  3. #1,502Zonie6
  4. #1,700Diane5
  5. #1,700Adlena5
  6. #1,700Afton5
  7. #1,700Alcie5

Tied with 275 names at #1,700; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Manila#1,263 → #305
  2. ↑ 889Ouida#1,555 → #666
  3. ↑ 858Ula#1,555 → #697
  4. ↑ 836Sofia#1,555 → #719
  5. ↑ 715Leonor#1,555 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Vertie#867 → #1,700
  2. ↓ 821Fae#681 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 805Beda#895 → #1,700
  4. ↓ 805Nolia#895 → #1,700
  5. ↓ 769Azzie#931 → #1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898 →