Dian

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 96.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1946 · 287 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,369
since 1912

Dian over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dian has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #459, 1946girls
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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#7,19411
2024#5,44317
2023#7,28911
2022#5,44517
2021#8,1669
2020#4,69820
2019#8,2159
2018#8,1549
2017#8,8408
2016#8,8168
2015#16,4195#8,7448
2014
2013#12,1365
2012#12,2745
2011#9,6007
2010#8,8038
2009#15,2426#8,3109
2008#6,76312
2007#17,6365#10,9216
2006
2005#11,8348
2004#10,6909#11,3565
2003#13,8446#10,8945
2002
2001#13,5216#10,5565
2000#10,7458
1999#11,3857
1998#8,58410
1997#10,8367
1996#10,5677
1995#10,5147
1994#10,5697
1993#8,05210
1992#6,65213#8,4355
1991#7,43011#8,2365
1990#10,1937
1989#8,0379
1988#5,06516
1987#4,12220
1986#5,18814
1985#6,03111
1984#4,16618
1983#4,68615
1982#3,53023
1981#5,57112
1980#5,91211
1979#4,84214
1978#5,95810
1977#5,53211
1976#4,15415
1975#4,37014
1974#3,69517
1973#2,75325
1972#2,97622
1971#2,17537
1970#2,04340
1969#2,02338
1968#1,77644
1967#1,46058
1966#1,36864
1965#1,32368
1964#1,31972
1963#1,21881
1962#1,16788
1961#1,10898
1960#1,047105
1959#895135
1958#883133
1957#871136
1956#830142
1955#818140
1954#748153
1953#674178
1952#745142#3,7345
1951#609199
1950#636180
1949#598189
1948#590199
1947#541242
1946#459287
1945#522196
1944#551173
1943#536196
1942#529196
1941#529175
1940#629125
1939#602125
1938#650111
1937#91057
1936#1,05344
1935#1,03944
1934#1,04744
1933#95751
1932#91359
1931#1,87618
1930#1,53526
1929#2,43713
1928#2,62312
1927#3,8757
1926#3,5648
1925#3,6648
1924#4,4346
1923#4,3766
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1912#2,9795
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Dian! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dian
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
  • Biggest jump: 963 spots in 1932 (#1,876#913)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1960 (#895#1,047)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1946 at #459 (287 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1937–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,475
  • Highest: 1 in 5,475 girls born in 1946 were named Dian (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 36.8% of all girls named Dian (1,978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#2,979 (1912)#2,979
1920s60#2,437 (1929)#3,568
1930s579#602 (1939)#1,058
1940s1,978#459 (1946)#548
1950s1,538#609 (1951)#771
1960s716#1,047 (1960)#1,381
1970s205#2,043 (1970)#3,850
1980s149#3,530 (1982)#5,231
1990s86#6,652 (1992)#9,478
2000s48#10,690 (2004)#13,359
2010s5#16,419 (2015)#16,419

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.

Dian in 1939

girls
#602
125 births · 1 in 8,773 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #602Dian125
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 8,773 of them was named Dian, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dian
  1. #599Camilla126
  2. #599Delphine126
  3. #599Leota126
  4. #602Dian125
  5. #602Delma125
  6. #602Ester125
  7. #602Sammie125
  8. #606Alene124
  9. #606Aline124
  10. #608Lorine123

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 880April#1,805#925
  2. 865Karel#1,703#838
  3. 725Hedy#1,650#925
  4. 722Vivien#1,703#981
  5. 709Karon#1,547#838
Fallers
  1. 712Eulalia#972#1,684
  2. 446Shelvia#955#1,401
  3. 358Naoma#992#1,350
  4. 304Imelda#890#1,194
  5. 279Helaine#870#1,149

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

See the top 100 for 1939