Dianne

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1945 · 3,611 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
95,289
since 1911

Dianne over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #72, 1945girls
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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#5,72221
2024#8,44312
2023#5,54922
2022#5,46523
2021#5,95520
2020#5,00325
2019#6,41418
2018#5,45423
2017#6,80817
2016#4,63230
2015#5,12726
2014#6,20720
2013#4,07636
2012#4,29634
2011#3,84339
2010#3,62443
2009#3,51246
2008#3,37749
2007#2,99259
2006#3,46946
2005#3,73039
2004#2,88955
2003#3,23245
2002#2,31070
2001#2,19374
2000#2,33266
1999#2,22267
1998#2,02673
1997#1,81682
1996#1,76784
1995#1,95570
1994#1,476107
1993#1,554100
1992#1,462108
1991#1,407114
1990#1,208140
1989#1,234129
1988#1,118137#7,2705
1987#1,002156
1986#1,177120
1985#1,060139
1984#918162
1983#902167
1982#880175
1981#875175
1980#959154
1979#808195
1978#867169
1977#748204
1976#684216
1975#637242
1974#533314
1973#467390
1972#411479
1971#377618
1970#296976
1969#294954
1968#2461,111
1967#2361,220
1966#2121,429
1965#2021,637#3,5376
1964#2021,823#2,8549
1963#1971,897#3,3187
1962#1832,066#3,3057
1961#1782,173
1960#1602,618
1959#1582,701#2,53011
1958#1432,935#3,9445
1957#1353,186#3,9935
1956#1373,066#3,5356
1955#1213,496#2,30212
1954#1163,643#2,44911
1953#1093,617
1952#963,895#2,8758
1951#904,034#2,24612
1950#903,921
1949#854,141#2,8028
1948#864,138#2,6089
1947#834,415#3,3706
1946#764,278#2,9197
1945#723,611#1,69716
1944#903,107#2,08012
1943#883,193#2,40510
1942#1092,547#2,9407
1941#1461,631#2,8727
1940#1671,235
1939#192923
1938#210817
1937#240673
1936#310381
1935#299413
1934#356312
1933#467197
1932#537146
1931#649104
1930#83173
1929#82274
1928#1,09747
1927#2,09518
1926#1,62326
1925#1,89121
1924#2,06219
1923#2,58713
1922#2,02719
1921#2,04819
1920#2,17217
1919#4,2516
1918#3,02410
1917
1916#3,2588
1915#2,9009
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1911#2,1916
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Dianne! It came in at #2,191, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dianne
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,721 spots since 2024 (#8,443#5,722)
  • 719 spots since 2020 (#5,003#5,722)
  • 595 spots since 2015 (#5,127#5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1929 (#1,097#822)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1980 (#808#959)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1945 at #72 (3,611 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1943–1952
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1929–1984
Share of babies · girls
1 in 362
  • Highest: 1 in 362 girls born in 1945 were named Dianne (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 36.2% of all girls named Dianne (34,494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s39#2,191 (1911)#3,125
1920s273#822 (1929)#1,842
1930s4,039#192 (1939)#409
1940s32,296#72 (1945)#100
1950s34,494#90 (1951)#120
1960s16,928#160 (1960)#211
1970s3,803#296 (1970)#583
1980s1,514#875 (1981)#1,013
1990s945#1,208 (1990)#1,689
2000s549#2,193 (2001)#3,004
2010s286#3,624 (2010)#5,048
2020s123#5,003 (2020)#6,023

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.

Dianne in 1944

girls
#90
3,107 births · 1 in 427 girls
boys
#2,080
12 births · 1 in 113,573 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #90Dianne3,107

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #2,080Dianne12
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 427 of them was named Dianne, which outranked 98.3% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dianne
  1. #87Ruby3,189
  2. #88Kay3,170
  3. #89Marcia3,140
  4. #90Dianne3,107
  5. #91Irene3,087
  6. #92Dolores3,081
  7. #93Lorraine3,046
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 113,573 of them was named Dianne, which outranked 46.8% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dianne
  1. #1,988Wash13
  2. #1,988Windle13
  3. #1,988Winthrop13
  4. #2,080Dianne12
  5. #2,080Aden12
  6. #2,080Ambrosio12
  7. #2,080Archibald12
  8. #2,195Adalberto11
  9. #2,195Ali11
  10. #2,195Alvester11

Tied with 114 names at #2,080; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944