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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #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—
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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.

Where Dianne is popular in 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dianne, so not publishedAKMaine: #58 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 213 girlsMEVermont: #57 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 216 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #81 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 301 girlsNHWashington: #73 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 340 girlsWAIdaho: #79 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 318 girlsIDMontana: #62 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 260 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #38 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 173 girlsNDMinnesota: #40 for girls · 176 births · 1 in 187 girlsMNIllinois: #98 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 496 girlsILWisconsin: #54 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 253 girlsWIMichigan: #66 for girls · 255 births · 1 in 285 girlsMINew York: #104 for girls · 311 births · 1 in 484 girlsNYMassachusetts: #55 for girls · 215 births · 1 in 228 girlsMARhode Island: #66 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 248 girlsRIOregon: #83 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 374 girlsORNevada: #59 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 215 girlsNVWyoming: #76 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 279 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #31 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 130 girlsSDIowa: #55 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 251 girlsIAIndiana: #97 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 494 girlsINOhio: #76 for girls · 270 births · 1 in 334 girlsOHPennsylvania: #99 for girls · 245 births · 1 in 464 girlsPANew Jersey: #81 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 354 girlsNJConnecticut: #109 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 555 girlsCTCalifornia: #110 for girls · 228 births · 1 in 495 girlsCAUtah: #103 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 432 girlsUTColorado: #75 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 326 girlsCONebraska: #50 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 224 girlsNEMissouri: #118 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 673 girlsMOKentucky: #136 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 756 girlsKYWest Virginia: #162 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 963 girlsWVVirginia: #97 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 460 girlsVAMaryland: #113 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 537 girlsMDDelaware: #69 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 264 girlsDEArizona: #185 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 837 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dianne, so not publishedNMKansas: #112 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 576 girlsKSArkansas: #105 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 531 girlsARTennessee: #93 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 496 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #68 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 347 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #54 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 260 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #58 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 239 girlsDCOklahoma: #164 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsOKLouisiana: #38 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 184 girlsLAMississippi: #88 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 358 girlsMSAlabama: #75 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 342 girlsALGeorgia: #72 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 321 girlsGAHawaii: #71 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 257 girlsHITexas: #124 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 628 girlsTXFlorida: #90 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 417 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#31 · 1 in 130
  2. North Dakota#38 · 1 in 173
  3. Louisiana#38 · 1 in 184
  4. Minnesota#40 · 1 in 187
  5. Nebraska#50 · 1 in 224

Best ever in a state: #29 in Minnesota, 1945.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#31501 in 130
Louisiana#381791 in 184
North Dakota#38401 in 173
Minnesota#401761 in 187
Nebraska#50601 in 224
South Carolina#541091 in 260
Wisconsin#541471 in 253
Iowa#551131 in 251
Massachusetts#552151 in 228
Vermont#57171 in 216
District of Columbia#58491 in 239
Maine#58471 in 213
Nevada#5961 in 215
Montana#62221 in 260
Michigan#662551 in 285
Rhode Island#66321 in 248
North Carolina#681511 in 347
Delaware#69121 in 264
Hawaii#71211 in 257
Georgia#721361 in 321
Washington#73761 in 340
Alabama#751151 in 342
Colorado#75441 in 326
Ohio#762701 in 334
Wyoming#7691 in 279
Idaho#79191 in 318
New Hampshire#81191 in 301
New Jersey#811311 in 354
Oregon#83411 in 374
Mississippi#88811 in 358
Florida#90651 in 417
Tennessee#93811 in 496
Indiana#97871 in 494
Virginia#97811 in 460
Illinois#981781 in 496
Pennsylvania#992451 in 464
Utah#103201 in 432
New York#1043111 in 484
Arkansas#105441 in 531
Connecticut#109351 in 555
California#1102281 in 495
Kansas#112321 in 576
Maryland#113451 in 537
Missouri#118611 in 673
Texas#1241461 in 628
Kentucky#136481 in 756
West Virginia#162261 in 963
Oklahoma#164221 in 1,049
Arizona#185101 in 837
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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 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 1947

girls
#83
4,415 births · 1 in 402 girls
boys
#3,370
6 births · 1 in 304,933 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #83Dianne4,415

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #3,370Dianne6
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 402 of them was named Dianne, which outranked 98.6% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dianne
  1. #80Rosemary4,542
  2. #81Marcia4,472
  3. #82Norma4,425
  4. #83Dianne4,415
  5. #84Lorraine4,414
  6. #85Theresa4,390
  7. #86Jeanne4,364
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 304,933 of them was named Dianne, which outranked 21.0% of the 4,266 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. #3,096Whit7
  2. #3,096Wilma7
  3. #3,096Yates7
  4. #3,370Dianne6
  5. #3,370Abdullah6
  6. #3,370Abundio6
  7. #3,370Albion6
  8. #3,733Achille5
  9. #3,733Adelaido5
  10. #3,733Adelard5

Tied with 362 names at #3,370; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →