Dyan

Where Dyan comes from

The dictionaries list Dyan as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1937
    Dyan Cannon born
    American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer
  2. 1939
    First appearance
    #4,250 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1970
    Peak, #979
    128 babies named Dyan — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,607.
  5. 2000
    Dyan Sheldon born
    American novelist
  6. 2014
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Dyan Cannon · American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer, born 1937
  • Dyan Sheldon · American novelist, born 2000
  • Dyan Birch · British singer, 1949–2020
  • Dyan Castillejo · Filipino tennis player, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.