Diane
#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #6,816
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 23,290 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 35 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 518,651since 1898
Diane over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,607 | 66 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,248 | 83 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,823 | 60 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,228 | 84 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,861 | 107 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,341 | 75 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,451 | 72 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,478 | 71 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,184 | 87 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,972 | 101 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,103 | 92 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,706 | 123 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,849 | 109 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,714 | 121 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,666 | 127 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,569 | 140 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,660 | 134 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,250 | 201 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,137 | 226 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,157 | 210 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,011 | 241 | — | |
| 2004 | #897 | 271 | — | |
| 2003 | #933 | 252 | — | |
| 2002 | #828 | 282 | — | |
| 2001 | #884 | 260 | — | |
| 2000 | #711 | 326 | — | |
| 1999 | #734 | 306 | — | |
| 1998 | #644 | 358 | — | |
| 1997 | #608 | 373 | — | |
| 1996 | #585 | 391 | — | |
| 1995 | #540 | 440 | — | |
| 1994 | #542 | 450 | — | |
| 1993 | #462 | 543 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #414 | 611 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #360 | 711 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #363 | 730 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #317 | 801 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #303 | 818 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #274 | 895 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #254 | 1,015 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #223 | 1,169 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #218 | 1,198 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #193 | 1,377 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #201 | 1,350 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #206 | 1,272 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #201 | 1,287 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #199 | 1,330 | — | |
| 1978 | #181 | 1,434 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #164 | 1,644 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #155 | 1,689 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #142 | 1,909 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #129 | 2,227 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #115 | 2,603 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #105 | 3,091 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #83 | 4,208 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #70 | 5,188 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #61 | 5,943 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #51 | 6,583 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #44 | 7,818 | #1,364 | 31 |
| 1966 | #45 | 8,750 | #1,580 | 24 |
| 1965 | #40 | 10,365 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #32 | 12,864 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #31 | 13,193 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1962 | #26 | 14,823 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #26 | 16,205 | #1,322 | 36 |
| 1960 | #22 | 17,909 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1959 | #19 | 19,972 | #1,081 | 51 |
| 1958 | #18 | 20,811 | #962 | 62 |
| 1957 | #17 | 22,090 | #1,041 | 53 |
| 1956 | #15 | 22,518 | #1,140 | 44 |
| 1955 | #14 | 23,290 | #1,033 | 53 |
| 1954 | #17 | 22,053 | #1,137 | 43 |
| 1953 | #17 | 21,351 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | #16 | 21,063 | #1,166 | 40 |
| 1951 | #15 | 19,840 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #16 | 17,636 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #19 | 17,252 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #19 | 16,607 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1947 | #18 | 17,775 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #19 | 15,835 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1945 | #22 | 12,223 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #24 | 10,710 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #24 | 11,326 | #1,187 | 33 |
| 1942 | #28 | 9,551 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #40 | 6,427 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #45 | 5,172 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #51 | 4,340 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #64 | 3,827 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #76 | 3,175 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #112 | 2,146 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #109 | 2,197 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #124 | 1,872 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #134 | 1,603 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #142 | 1,439 | — | |
| 1931 | #211 | 857 | — | |
| 1930 | #225 | 742 | — | |
| 1929 | #219 | 796 | — | |
| 1928 | #260 | 616 | — | |
| 1927 | #562 | 159 | — | |
| 1926 | #673 | 116 | — | |
| 1925 | #668 | 122 | — | |
| 1924 | #669 | 123 | — | |
| 1923 | #686 | 115 | — | |
| 1922 | #694 | 111 | — | |
| 1921 | #868 | 72 | — | |
| 1920 | #814 | 80 | — | |
| 1919 | #752 | 87 | — | |
| 1918 | #796 | 80 | — | |
| 1917 | #721 | 93 | — | |
| 1916 | #677 | 102 | — | |
| 1915 | #664 | 99 | — | |
| 1914 | #671 | 75 | — | |
| 1913 | #612 | 72 | — | |
| 1912 | #697 | 52 | — | |
| 1911 | #733 | 35 | — | |
| 1910 | #737 | 33 | — | |
| 1909 | #909 | 20 | — | |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1898
The first year at least five girls were named Diane! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 359 spots since 2024 (#2,248 → #2,607)
- 266 spots since 2020 (#2,341 → #2,607)
- 504 spots since 2015 (#2,103 → #2,607)
- Biggest jump: 353 spots in 1904 (#1,318 → #965)
- Biggest drop: 966 spots in 1905 (#965 → #1,931)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1955 at #14 (23,290 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 35 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1937–1971
- Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1908–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 84
- Highest: 1 in 84 girls born in 1955 were named Diane (1.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 40.6% of all girls named Diane (210,624) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #1,181 (1899) | #1,441 |
| 1900s | 108 | #909 (1909) | #1,286 |
| 1910s | 728 | #612 (1913) | #706 |
| 1920s | 2,310 | #219 (1929) | #611 |
| 1930s | 22,198 | #51 (1939) | #125 |
| 1940s | 122,878 | #18 (1947) | #26 |
| 1950s | 210,624 | #14 (1955) | #16 |
| 1960s | 114,453 | #22 (1960) | #38 |
| 1970s | 25,323 | #70 (1970) | #134 |
| 1980s | 11,182 | #193 (1983) | #239 |
| 1990s | 4,913 | #360 (1991) | #525 |
| 2000s | 2,403 | #711 (2000) | #1,047 |
| 2010s | 1,043 | #1,569 (2010) | #1,969 |
| 2020s | 475 | #1,861 (2021) | #2,351 |
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.
Diane in 1919
girls
#752
87 births · 1 in 12,990 girls
Top girls' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 12,990 of them was named Diane, which outranked 86.5% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).