Dinah
#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 346 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,509since 1880
Dinah over time
Rank among girls' names. Dinah 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,172 | 34 |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 |
| 2023 | #3,763 | 40 |
| 2022 | #3,827 | 39 |
| 2021 | #3,215 | 50 |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 |
| 2019 | #3,665 | 41 |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 |
| 2017 | #3,145 | 51 |
| 2016 | #3,060 | 54 |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 |
| 2014 | #3,080 | 54 |
| 2013 | #3,166 | 51 |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 |
| 2008 | #2,995 | 58 |
| 2007 | #3,047 | 57 |
| 2006 | #2,887 | 60 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 |
| 2004 | #2,889 | 55 |
| 2003 | #2,393 | 69 |
| 2002 | #2,251 | 73 |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 |
| 2000 | #2,374 | 65 |
| 1999 | #2,133 | 71 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 |
| 1997 | #2,820 | 43 |
| 1996 | #2,125 | 64 |
| 1995 | #2,623 | 47 |
| 1994 | #2,465 | 51 |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 |
| 1990 | #2,402 | 51 |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 |
| 1985 | #1,784 | 63 |
| 1984 | #1,565 | 72 |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 |
| 1982 | #1,735 | 64 |
| 1981 | #1,515 | 79 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 |
| 1979 | #1,431 | 85 |
| 1978 | #1,569 | 69 |
| 1977 | #1,483 | 74 |
| 1976 | #1,330 | 81 |
| 1975 | #1,175 | 98 |
| 1974 | #1,578 | 60 |
| 1973 | #1,302 | 78 |
| 1972 | #1,133 | 97 |
| 1971 | #1,228 | 91 |
| 1970 | #1,133 | 103 |
| 1969 | #1,169 | 91 |
| 1968 | #1,118 | 91 |
| 1967 | #1,119 | 88 |
| 1966 | #910 | 123 |
| 1965 | #832 | 143 |
| 1964 | #786 | 173 |
| 1963 | #778 | 177 |
| 1962 | #716 | 208 |
| 1961 | #670 | 237 |
| 1960 | #573 | 295 |
| 1959 | #566 | 298 |
| 1958 | #529 | 332 |
| 1957 | #530 | 325 |
| 1956 | #512 | 333 |
| 1955 | #488 | 346 |
| 1954 | #540 | 270 |
| 1953 | #540 | 257 |
| 1952 | #531 | 257 |
| 1951 | #548 | 237 |
| 1950 | #517 | 248 |
| 1949 | #570 | 216 |
| 1948 | #607 | 190 |
| 1947 | #580 | 217 |
| 1946 | #583 | 188 |
| 1945 | #575 | 162 |
| 1944 | #529 | 188 |
| 1943 | #567 | 178 |
| 1942 | #631 | 142 |
| 1941 | #876 | 69 |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 |
| 1939 | #1,240 | 35 |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1937 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,508 | 30 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,175 | 27 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #742 | 24 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dinah was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dinah is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#655 · 1 in 6,959
- Florida#842 · 1 in 7,337
- New York#1,070 · 1 in 10,925
- Texas#1,441 · 1 in 17,232
- California#1,854 · 1 in 25,555
Best ever in a state: #128 in West Virginia, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #655 | 5 | 1 in 6,959 |
| Florida | #842 | 6 | 1 in 7,337 |
| New York | #1,070 | 9 | 1 in 10,925 |
| Texas | #1,441 | 6 | 1 in 17,232 |
| California | #1,854 | 6 | 1 in 25,555 |
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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 Dinah
- 280 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #4,172)
- 1,031 spots since 2020 (#3,141 → #4,172)
- 1,282 spots since 2015 (#2,890 → #4,172)
- Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1900 (#1,181 → #742)
- Biggest drop: 759 spots in 1906 (#968 → #1,727)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1955 at #488 (346 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1941–1966
- Highest: 1 in 5,651 girls born in 1955 were named Dinah (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.6% of all girls named Dinah (2,903) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | #629 (1885) | #765 |
| 1890s | 87 | #895 (1897) | #1,063 |
| 1900s | 113 | #742 (1900) | #1,164 |
| 1910s | 227 | #1,080 (1912) | #1,364 |
| 1920s | 244 | #1,476 (1921) | #1,759 |
| 1930s | 289 | #1,162 (1935) | #1,421 |
| 1940s | 1,592 | #529 (1944) | #663 |
| 1950s | 2,903 | #488 (1955) | #530 |
| 1960s | 1,626 | #573 (1960) | #867 |
| 1970s | 836 | #1,133 (1970) | #1,336 |
| 1980s | 628 | #1,515 (1981) | #1,837 |
| 1990s | 509 | #2,125 (1996) | #2,543 |
| 2000s | 619 | #2,171 (2001) | #2,741 |
| 2010s | 502 | #2,890 (2015) | #3,244 |
| 2020s | 251 | #3,141 (2020) | #3,668 |
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.
Dinah in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 22,201 of them was named Dinah, which outranked 86.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,558Rashonda70
- #1,558Takesha70
- #1,558Yashica70
- #1,569Dinah69
- #1,569Billy69
- #1,569Brett69
- #1,569Donielle69
- #1,581Adam68
- #1,581Annalisa68
- #1,581Coral68
Tied with 11 names at #1,569; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.