Diana

#244 for girls in 2025, 1,277 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #8,324
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1946 · 7,544 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
52 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
368,487
since 1880

Diana over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #42, 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#2441,277
2024#2421,301
2023#2281,312
2022#2291,316
2021#2251,329
2020#2451,236
2019#2131,435
2018#1851,608
2017#2301,368
2016#2691,183
2015#2961,091
2014#2981,092
2013#2711,179
2012#2511,288
2011#2041,545
2010#1901,622
2009#1661,943
2008#1382,444#8,3249
2007#1063,182#12,3675
2006#1202,841
2005#1003,159#10,1516
2004#903,554#5,81313
2003#1083,149#5,03515
2002#1172,907#6,08811
2001#1023,198
2000#1063,167#6,8399
1999#1013,328#5,31712
1998#833,853#6,3149
1997#973,586#5,28811
1996#1072,951#7,9716
1995#1053,167#4,05215
1994#983,369#2,12338
1993#943,389#2,29533
1992#1013,251#2,59927
1991#1033,342#2,22732
1990#983,548#2,37329
1989#863,687#1,67846
1988#853,489#2,19728
1987#853,354#1,79336
1986#753,669#1,83733
1985#743,686#1,72435
1984#723,965#1,48142
1983#694,039#1,82230
1982#634,430#1,73433
1981#753,971#2,20423
1980#1182,614#2,96515
1979#1112,781#3,35712
1978#1022,885#2,37519
1977#1002,846#2,66516
1976#1012,760#2,82614
1975#1002,912#2,54016
1974#873,513#2,12920
1973#853,519#2,71613
1972#833,548#2,53414
1971#824,211#2,20318
1970#894,373#2,29316
1969#814,525#2,04617
1968#714,995#1,89418
1967#655,340#1,75820
1966#645,504#2,62710
1965#645,926#2,08415
1964#637,070#1,97517
1963#627,310#1,95717
1962#577,842#1,42330
1961#568,198#1,73122
1960#538,327#1,91018
1959#498,637#1,75921
1958#459,169#2,02616
1957#439,433#1,54726
1956#567,851#2,7989
1955#557,847#1,84518
1954#577,624#2,31612
1953#557,438#1,67721
1952#517,392#1,80418
1951#507,396#2,49510
1950#477,447#1,74618
1949#487,535#1,94115
1948#487,706#1,46025
1947#487,622#2,07614
1946#427,544#1,69218
1945#436,047#1,69716
1944#604,311#2,4679
1943#624,337#1,83316
1942#683,857#1,94614
1941#1002,544#1,90314
1940#1172,195#1,89414
1939#1381,712#2,8297
1938#1511,466
1937#1571,333
1936#202834
1935#212804#3,6455
1934#205860
1933#227728
1932#236661
1931#265538
1930#263564
1929#278539
1928#330407
1927#364351
1926#381320#4,2015
1925#393304
1924#418277
1923#397284
1922#403267
1921#442242
1920#443232
1919#454213
1918#462209
1917#550149
1916#519159
1915#490157
1914#443152
1913#506101
1912#52186
1911#57356
1910#55055
1909#58044
1908#48855
1907#63135
1906#57038
1905#63231
1904#55936
1903#65426
1902#53736
1901#65923
1900#65629
1899#53731
1898#61927
1897#73518
1896#55330
1895#63823
1894#60923
1893#57124
1892#63820
1891#66916
1890#75813
1889#56720
1888#1,1366
1887#56016
1886#63313
1885#60813
1884#54115
1883#61510
1882#6788
1881#6797
1880#54710
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Diana was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#242#244)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#245#244)
  • 52 spots since 2015 (#296#244)
  • Biggest jump: 569 spots in 1889 (#1,136#567)
  • Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1888 (#560#1,136)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1946 at #42 (7,544 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 52 yrs · run 1941–1975
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1889–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 208
  • Highest: 1 in 208 girls born in 1946 were named Diana (0.48%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,259 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.8% of all girls named Diana (80,234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s118#541 (1884)#656
1890s225#537 (1899)#633
1900s353#488 (1908)#597
1910s1,337#443 (1914)#507
1920s3,223#278 (1929)#385
1930s9,500#138 (1939)#206
1940s53,698#42 (1946)#64
1950s80,234#43 (1957)#51
1960s65,037#53 (1960)#64
1970s33,348#82 (1971)#94
1980s36,904#63 (1982)#80
1990s33,784#83 (1998)#99
2000s29,544#90 (2004)#115
2010s13,411#185 (2018)#241
2020s7,771#225 (2021)#236

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.

Diana in 1975

girls
#100
2,912 births · 1 in 501 girls
boys
#2,540
16 births · 1 in 97,585 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #100Diana2,912

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #2,540Diana16
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 501 of them was named Diana, which outranked 99.1% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diana
  1. #97Cheryl2,997
  2. #98Margaret2,950
  3. #99Kathryn2,947
  4. #100Diana2,912
  5. #101Samantha2,834
  6. #102Courtney2,775
  7. #103Kristina2,747
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 97,585 of them was named Diana, which outranked 59.9% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diana
  1. #2,450Ysidro17
  2. #2,450Yves17
  3. #2,450Zaire17
  4. #2,540Diana16
  5. #2,540Agapito16
  6. #2,540Alaric16
  7. #2,540Alicia16
  8. #2,637Aden15
  9. #2,637Adriano15
  10. #2,637Albino15

Tied with 96 names at #2,540; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975