Dianne

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1945 · 3,611 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
95,289
since 1911

Dianne over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #72, 1945girls
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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#5,72221—
2024#8,44312—
2023#5,54922—
2022#5,46523—
2021#5,95520—
2020#5,00325—
2019#6,41418—
2018#5,45423—
2017#6,80817—
2016#4,63230—
2015#5,12726—
2014#6,20720—
2013#4,07636—
2012#4,29634—
2011#3,84339—
2010#3,62443—
2009#3,51246—
2008#3,37749—
2007#2,99259—
2006#3,46946—
2005#3,73039—
2004#2,88955—
2003#3,23245—
2002#2,31070—
2001#2,19374—
2000#2,33266—
1999#2,22267—
1998#2,02673—
1997#1,81682—
1996#1,76784—
1995#1,95570—
1994#1,476107—
1993#1,554100—
1992#1,462108—
1991#1,407114—
1990#1,208140—
1989#1,234129—
1988#1,118137#7,2705
1987#1,002156—
1986#1,177120—
1985#1,060139—
1984#918162—
1983#902167—
1982#880175—
1981#875175—
1980#959154—
1979#808195—
1978#867169—
1977#748204—
1976#684216—
1975#637242—
1974#533314—
1973#467390—
1972#411479—
1971#377618—
1970#296976—
1969#294954—
1968#2461,111—
1967#2361,220—
1966#2121,429—
1965#2021,637#3,5376
1964#2021,823#2,8549
1963#1971,897#3,3187
1962#1832,066#3,3057
1961#1782,173—
1960#1602,618—
1959#1582,701#2,53011
1958#1432,935#3,9445
1957#1353,186#3,9935
1956#1373,066#3,5356
1955#1213,496#2,30212
1954#1163,643#2,44911
1953#1093,617—
1952#963,895#2,8758
1951#904,034#2,24612
1950#903,921—
1949#854,141#2,8028
1948#864,138#2,6089
1947#834,415#3,3706
1946#764,278#2,9197
1945#723,611#1,69716
1944#903,107#2,08012
1943#883,193#2,40510
1942#1092,547#2,9407
1941#1461,631#2,8727
1940#1671,235—
1939#192923—
1938#210817—
1937#240673—
1936#310381—
1935#299413—
1934#356312—
1933#467197—
1932#537146—
1931#649104—
1930#83173—
1929#82274—
1928#1,09747—
1927#2,09518—
1926#1,62326—
1925#1,89121—
1924#2,06219—
1923#2,58713—
1922#2,02719—
1921#2,04819—
1920#2,17217—
1919#4,2516—
1918#3,02410—
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Dianne! It came in at #2,191, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Dianne is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dianne, so not publishedAKMaine: #130 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 559 girlsMEVermont: #123 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 502 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #162 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 803 girlsNHWashington: #173 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 772 girlsWAIdaho: #216 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 904 girlsIDMontana: #257 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,296 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #223 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,086 girlsNDMinnesota: #165 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 822 girlsMNIllinois: #212 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 1,226 girlsILWisconsin: #174 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 921 girlsWIMichigan: #194 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 1,022 girlsMINew York: #178 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 898 girlsNYMassachusetts: #86 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 378 girlsMARhode Island: #89 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 392 girlsRIOregon: #192 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 819 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dianne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dianne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #147 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 589 girlsSDIowa: #144 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 644 girlsIAIndiana: #198 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,062 girlsINOhio: #176 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 869 girlsOHPennsylvania: #170 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 881 girlsPANew Jersey: #164 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 804 girlsNJConnecticut: #146 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 744 girlsCTCalifornia: #234 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 1,269 girlsCAUtah: #212 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 883 girlsUTColorado: #166 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 663 girlsCONebraska: #154 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 704 girlsNEMissouri: #205 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,166 girlsMOKentucky: #209 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,276 girlsKYWest Virginia: #276 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,869 girlsWVVirginia: #226 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,339 girlsVAMaryland: #207 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,213 girlsMDDelaware: #173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 766 girlsDEArizona: #234 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,024 girlsAZNew Mexico: #179 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 703 girlsNMKansas: #211 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,129 girlsKSArkansas: #150 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 760 girlsARTennessee: #161 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 862 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #139 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 659 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #112 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 489 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #265 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,653 girlsDCOklahoma: #233 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,303 girlsOKLouisiana: #138 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 585 girlsLAMississippi: #89 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 350 girlsMSAlabama: #195 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,011 girlsALGeorgia: #141 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 636 girlsGAHawaii: #284 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,220 girlsHITexas: #237 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 1,189 girlsTXFlorida: #197 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,022 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#86 · 1 in 378
  2. Mississippi#89 · 1 in 350
  3. Rhode Island#89 · 1 in 392
  4. South Carolina#112 · 1 in 489
  5. Vermont#123 · 1 in 502

Best ever in a state: #29 in Minnesota, 1945.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#861431 in 378
Mississippi#89711 in 350
Rhode Island#89211 in 392
South Carolina#112531 in 489
Vermont#12371 in 502
Maine#130181 in 559
Louisiana#138651 in 585
North Carolina#139741 in 659
Georgia#141701 in 636
Iowa#144441 in 644
Connecticut#146331 in 744
South Dakota#147121 in 589
Arkansas#150231 in 760
Nebraska#154211 in 704
Tennessee#161421 in 862
New Hampshire#16271 in 803
New Jersey#164731 in 804
Minnesota#165471 in 822
Colorado#166301 in 663
Pennsylvania#1701261 in 881
Delaware#17361 in 766
Washington#173361 in 772
Wisconsin#174481 in 921
Ohio#1761201 in 869
New York#1781871 in 898
New Mexico#179171 in 703
Oregon#192191 in 819
Michigan#194851 in 1,022
Alabama#195341 in 1,011
Florida#197491 in 1,022
Indiana#198471 in 1,062
Missouri#205381 in 1,166
Maryland#207251 in 1,213
Kentucky#209251 in 1,276
Kansas#211181 in 1,129
Illinois#212871 in 1,226
Utah#212121 in 883
Idaho#21671 in 904
North Dakota#22361 in 1,086
Virginia#226301 in 1,339
Oklahoma#233161 in 1,303
Arizona#234151 in 1,024
California#2341381 in 1,269
Texas#237941 in 1,189
Montana#25751 in 1,296
District of Columbia#26581 in 1,653
West Virginia#27691 in 1,869
Hawaii#28451 in 1,220
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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 Dianne
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,721 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #5,722)
  • 719 spots since 2020 (#5,003 → #5,722)
  • 595 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1929 (#1,097 → #822)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1980 (#808 → #959)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1945 at #72 (3,611 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1943–1952
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1929–1984
Share of babies · girls
1 in 362
  • Highest: 1 in 362 girls born in 1945 were named Dianne (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 36.2% of all girls named Dianne (34,494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s39#2,191 (1911)#3,125
1920s273#822 (1929)#1,842
1930s4,039#192 (1939)#409
1940s32,296#72 (1945)#100
1950s34,494#90 (1951)#120
1960s16,928#160 (1960)#211
1970s3,803#296 (1970)#583
1980s1,514#875 (1981)#1,013
1990s945#1,208 (1990)#1,689
2000s549#2,193 (2001)#3,004
2010s286#3,624 (2010)#5,048
2020s123#5,003 (2020)#6,023

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.

Dianne in 1961

girls
#178
2,173 births · 1 in 929 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #178Dianne2,173
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 929 of them was named Dianne, which outranked 97.6% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dianne
  1. #175Vicky2,209
  2. #176Caroline2,198
  3. #176Sara2,198
  4. #178Dianne2,173
  5. #179Marsha2,161
  6. #180Shelley2,141
  7. #181Rosemary2,133
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →