Dione

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 80.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 161 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,373
since 1929

Dione over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #840, 1970peak #1,939, 1970girlsboys
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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
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2025—#10,6956
2024——
2023#12,1977—
2022#10,3839—
2021#15,2515—
2020—#10,6056
2019—#8,8898
2018#12,4647—
2017#8,77612#12,2465
2016—#10,7446
2015#14,4826—
2014#16,5135—
2013—#8,1189
2012#12,1998#9,7097
2011—#8,7678
2010—#10,7666
2009#15,2426#8,9858
2008#11,5999#9,0198
2007#15,4916#12,3675
2006#17,1685#6,90411
2005#14,5026#9,1157
2004#14,1796#11,3565
2003#15,7845—
2002—#7,6438
2001#8,19612#3,84221
2000#10,7458#6,31610
1999#6,83614#5,03513
1998#6,07316#4,01917
1997#6,84413#6,6188
1996#7,57411#4,02216
1995—#3,19121
1994#13,4305#4,53713
1993#11,7806#5,36010
1992#8,7349#4,32713
1991#7,43011#3,22419
1990#6,13114#5,3829
1989#6,16013#3,80914
1988#3,58526#3,91512
1987#3,98321#4,9688
1986#3,13529#3,44013
1985#2,44040#3,40113
1984#2,78132#4,9737
1983#2,59534#3,63011
1982#2,05050#3,96610
1981#1,64170#5,4686
1980#1,70466#2,36721
1979#1,77061#3,81010
1978#1,93850#3,61410
1977#1,53870#4,1648
1976#1,67758#3,7249
1975#1,35079#2,28819
1974#1,15799#2,12920
1973#1,088105#3,01311
1972#988121#3,15210
1971#909144#2,20318
1970#840161#1,93921
1969#881142#2,41513
1968#1,12390#3,6736
1967#1,37264#3,5596
1966#1,38563#3,5376
1965#1,68944#2,9828
1964#2,41226—
1963#2,54323—
1962#3,78212—
1961#2,60822—
1960#2,09730—
1959#2,28925—
1958#2,75518—
1957#3,03315—
1956#2,62219—
1955#2,83916—
1954#2,29522—
1953#2,30121—
1952#4,1238—
1951#2,69415—
1950#2,90913—
1949#3,39310—
1948#3,5939—
1947#4,7646—
1946#4,4176—
1945#4,5565—
1944#4,5745—
1943#4,6915—
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1929#4,5705—
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First appearance
1929

The first year at least five girls were named Dione! It came in at #4,570, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937–1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Dione is popular in 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedINOhio: #903 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,037 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,494 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 25,625 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #370 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,289 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dione, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#370 · 1 in 2,289
  2. Ohio#903 · 1 in 17,037
  3. California#1,494 · 1 in 25,625

Best ever in a state: #264 in District of Columbia, 1976.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#370141 in 2,289
Ohio#90351 in 17,037
California#1,49461 in 25,625
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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 Dione
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1969 (#1,123 → #881)
  • Biggest drop: 100 spots in 1973 (#988 → #1,088)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 1970 at #840 (161 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1969–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,858
  • Highest: 1 in 10,858 girls born in 1970 were named Dione (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 39.9% of all girls named Dione (948) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,570 (1929)#4,570
1930s78#1,877 (1932)#2,762
1940s52#3,393 (1949)#4,243
1950s172#2,289 (1959)#2,786
1960s516#881 (1969)#1,989
1970s948#840 (1970)#1,326
1980s381#1,641 (1981)#3,007
1990s99#6,073 (1998)#8,315
2000s63#8,196 (2001)#13,656
2010s38#8,776 (2017)#12,887
2020s21#10,383 (2022)#12,610

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.

Dione in 1966

girls
#1,385
63 births · 1 in 26,860 girls
boys
#3,537
6 births · 1 in 297,244 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #1,385Dione63

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #3,537Dione6
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 26,860 of them was named Dione, which outranked 81.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dione
  1. #1,368Trish64
  2. #1,368Venessa64
  3. #1,368Wonda64
  4. #1,385Dione63
  5. #1,385Celina63
  6. #1,385Darnell63
  7. #1,385Edward63
  8. #1,396Caryl62
  9. #1,396Kathaleen62
  10. #1,396Sabra62

Tied with 10 names at #1,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 297,244 of them was named Dione, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dione
  1. #3,249Williard7
  2. #3,249Yosef7
  3. #3,249Zollie7
  4. #3,537Dione6
  5. #3,537Adriel6
  6. #3,537Adrienne6
  7. #3,537Adron6
  8. #3,948Aarron5
  9. #3,948Abdel5
  10. #3,948Abelino5

Tied with 410 names at #3,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,207Jarrod#1,720 → #513
  2. ↑ 893Heath#1,254 → #361
  3. ↑ 467Illya#1,294 → #827
  4. ↑ 419Jarrett#1,294 → #875
  5. ↑ 399Reynold#1,360 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 464Quint#986 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 303Dario#934 → #1,237
  3. ↓ 299Darran#1,000 → #1,299
  4. ↓ 281Artie#897 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 268Daryn#716 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 1966 →