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 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
518,651
since 1898

Diane over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #14, 1955girls
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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#2,60766
2024#2,24883
2023#2,82360
2022#2,22884
2021#1,861107
2020#2,34175
2019#2,45172
2018#2,47871
2017#2,18487
2016#1,972101
2015#2,10392
2014#1,706123
2013#1,849109
2012#1,714121
2011#1,666127
2010#1,569140
2009#1,660134
2008#1,250201
2007#1,137226
2006#1,157210
2005#1,011241
2004#897271
2003#933252
2002#828282
2001#884260
2000#711326
1999#734306
1998#644358
1997#608373
1996#585391
1995#540440
1994#542450
1993#462543#6,8167
1992#414611#8,4355
1991#360711#8,2365
1990#363730#5,8238
1989#317801#5,1659
1988#303818#5,2008
1987#274895#4,9688
1986#2541,015#3,13115
1985#2231,169#6,5235
1984#2181,198#4,5528
1983#1931,377#3,63011
1982#2011,350#5,6196
1981#2061,272#3,60111
1980#2011,287#4,9407
1979#1991,330
1978#1811,434#3,40011
1977#1641,644#3,60610
1976#1551,689#2,82614
1975#1421,909#4,3097
1974#1292,227#3,31810
1973#1152,603#2,31117
1972#1053,091#3,6228
1971#834,208#2,05220
1970#705,188#1,79424
1969#615,943#1,86120
1968#516,583#1,57425
1967#447,818#1,36431
1966#458,750#1,58024
1965#4010,365#1,40530
1964#3212,864#1,23639
1963#3113,193#1,08150
1962#2614,823#1,42330
1961#2616,205#1,32236
1960#2217,909#1,25239
1959#1919,972#1,08151
1958#1820,811#96262
1957#1722,090#1,04153
1956#1522,518#1,14044
1955#1423,290#1,03353
1954#1722,053#1,13743
1953#1721,351#1,42728
1952#1621,063#1,16640
1951#1519,840#1,29532
1950#1617,636#1,39527
1949#1917,252#1,38028
1948#1916,607#1,19436
1947#1817,775#1,21336
1946#1915,835#1,09440
1945#2212,223#1,13933
1944#2410,710#1,15233
1943#2411,326#1,18733
1942#289,551#1,24431
1941#406,427#1,33325
1940#455,172#1,28827
1939#514,340#1,57818
1938#643,827#2,32610
1937#763,175#1,82815
1936#1122,146#3,1476
1935#1092,197#3,6455
1934#1241,872#2,39310
1933#1341,603#3,2686
1932#1421,439
1931#211857
1930#225742
1929#219796
1928#260616
1927#562159
1926#673116
1925#668122
1924#669123
1923#686115
1922#694111
1921#86872
1920#81480
1919#75287
1918#79680
1917#72193
1916#677102
1915#66499
1914#67175
1913#61272
1912#69752
1911#73335
1910#73733
1909#90920
1908#93918
1907#1,20611
1906#1,10112
1905#1,9315
1904#96514
1903#1,3188
1902#1,5946
1901#1,4666
1900#1,4318
1899#1,1818
1898#1,7005
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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.

Where Diane is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedAKMaine: #92 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 349 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #80 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 327 girlsNHWashington: #44 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 191 girlsWAIdaho: #75 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 282 girlsIDMontana: #97 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 356 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #134 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 565 girlsNDMinnesota: #55 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 226 girlsMNIllinois: #50 for girls · 245 births · 1 in 202 girlsILWisconsin: #58 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 261 girlsWIMichigan: #91 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 389 girlsMINew York: #81 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 342 girlsNYMassachusetts: #90 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 450 girlsMARhode Island: #81 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 317 girlsRIOregon: #56 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 228 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #166 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 866 girlsSDIowa: #69 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 312 girlsIAIndiana: #139 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 773 girlsINOhio: #110 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 529 girlsOHPennsylvania: #138 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 827 girlsPANew Jersey: #87 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 375 girlsNJConnecticut: #87 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 355 girlsCTCalifornia: #22 for girls · 302 births · 1 in 113 girlsCAUtah: #39 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 152 girlsUTColorado: #126 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 494 girlsCONebraska: #121 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 539 girlsNEMissouri: #161 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 819 girlsMOKentucky: #346 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,032 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedWVVirginia: #353 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,827 girlsVAMaryland: #169 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,045 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedNMKansas: #160 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 879 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedARTennessee: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,677 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #451 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,076 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #68 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 264 girlsDCOklahoma: #389 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,225 girlsOKLouisiana: #294 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,728 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedMSAlabama: #383 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,668 girlsALGeorgia: #435 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,049 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Diane, so not publishedHITexas: #421 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,859 girlsTXFlorida: #233 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,297 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#22 · 1 in 113
  2. Utah#39 · 1 in 152
  3. Washington#44 · 1 in 191
  4. Illinois#50 · 1 in 202
  5. Minnesota#55 · 1 in 226

Best ever in a state: #4 in New Hampshire, 1951.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#223021 in 113
Utah#39291 in 152
Washington#44481 in 191
Illinois#502451 in 202
Minnesota#55841 in 226
Oregon#56221 in 228
Wisconsin#58851 in 261
District of Columbia#68151 in 264
Iowa#69581 in 312
Idaho#75121 in 282
New Hampshire#8091 in 327
New York#812421 in 342
Rhode Island#81131 in 317
Connecticut#87261 in 355
New Jersey#87631 in 375
Massachusetts#90621 in 450
Michigan#91941 in 389
Maine#92181 in 349
Montana#97101 in 356
Ohio#110851 in 529
Nebraska#121191 in 539
Colorado#126161 in 494
North Dakota#134101 in 565
Pennsylvania#138861 in 827
Indiana#139291 in 773
Kansas#160151 in 879
Missouri#161331 in 819
South Dakota#16661 in 866
Maryland#169111 in 1,045
Florida#23391 in 1,297
Louisiana#294121 in 1,728
Tennessee#313101 in 2,677
Kentucky#34691 in 3,032
Virginia#35361 in 3,827
Alabama#38381 in 3,668
Oklahoma#38971 in 3,225
Texas#421201 in 2,859
Georgia#43561 in 5,049
North Carolina#45161 in 6,076
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Delaware
Hawaii
Mississippi
Nevada
New Mexico
South Carolina
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming

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 Diane
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s13#1,181 (1899)#1,441
1900s108#909 (1909)#1,286
1910s728#612 (1913)#706
1920s2,310#219 (1929)#611
1930s22,198#51 (1939)#125
1940s122,878#18 (1947)#26
1950s210,624#14 (1955)#16
1960s114,453#22 (1960)#38
1970s25,323#70 (1970)#134
1980s11,182#193 (1983)#239
1990s4,913#360 (1991)#525
2000s2,403#711 (2000)#1,047
2010s1,043#1,569 (2010)#1,969
2020s475#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 1934

girls
#124
1,872 births · 1 in 558 girls
boys
#2,393
10 births · 1 in 103,260 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #124Diane1,872

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #2,393Diane10
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 558 of them was named Diane, which outranked 97.5% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diane
  1. #121Christine1,920
  2. #122Georgia1,918
  3. #123Alma1,903
  4. #124Diane1,872
  5. #125Sara1,844
  6. #126Nellie1,837
  7. #126Vera1,837
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 103,260 of them was named Diane, which outranked 43.1% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Diane
  1. #2,266Yoshio11
  2. #2,266Yukio11
  3. #2,266Zachary11
  4. #2,393Diane10
  5. #2,393Abbott10
  6. #2,393Addie10
  7. #2,393Alger10
  8. #2,563Abelino9
  9. #2,563Abie9
  10. #2,563Acey9

Tied with 169 names at #2,393; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934