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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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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- 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)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1955 at #14 (23,290 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1937–1971
- Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1908–2004
- Highest: 1 in 84 girls born in 1955 were named Diane (1.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 485 of them was named Diane, which outranked 97.7% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 172,868 of them was named Diane, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,854Wood7
- #2,854Woodford7
- #2,854Zenas7
- #3,147Diane6
- #3,147Abelino6
- #3,147Acey6
- #3,147Adair6
- #3,549Abdon5
- #3,549Adger5
- #3,549Adlai5
Tied with 401 names at #3,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.