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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #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.

Where Dianne is popular in 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dianne, so not publishedAKMaine: #71 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 261 girlsMEVermont: #47 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 160 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #61 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 216 girlsNHWashington: #91 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 381 girlsWAIdaho: #77 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 292 girlsIDMontana: #70 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 264 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #68 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 278 girlsNDMinnesota: #59 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 260 girlsMNIllinois: #108 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 561 girlsILWisconsin: #68 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 303 girlsWIMichigan: #63 for girls · 261 births · 1 in 271 girlsMINew York: #108 for girls · 279 births · 1 in 509 girlsNYMassachusetts: #49 for girls · 225 births · 1 in 199 girlsMARhode Island: #55 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 227 girlsRIOregon: #103 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 470 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dianne, so not publishedNVWyoming: #85 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 319 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #34 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 147 girlsSDIowa: #71 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 314 girlsIAIndiana: #124 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 712 girlsINOhio: #82 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 375 girlsOHPennsylvania: #94 for girls · 254 births · 1 in 404 girlsPANew Jersey: #113 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 551 girlsNJConnecticut: #79 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 367 girlsCTCalifornia: #122 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 578 girlsCAUtah: #71 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 294 girlsUTColorado: #108 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 460 girlsCONebraska: #59 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 249 girlsNEMissouri: #96 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 517 girlsMOKentucky: #136 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 741 girlsKYWest Virginia: #153 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 917 girlsWVVirginia: #95 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 452 girlsVAMaryland: #117 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 535 girlsMDDelaware: #100 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 418 girlsDEArizona: #200 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 891 girlsAZNew Mexico: #198 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 867 girlsNMKansas: #110 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 562 girlsKSArkansas: #139 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 698 girlsARTennessee: #90 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 449 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #79 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 377 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #53 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 260 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #77 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 311 girlsDCOklahoma: #153 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 935 girlsOKLouisiana: #31 for girls · 227 births · 1 in 148 girlsLAMississippi: #82 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 317 girlsMSAlabama: #77 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 340 girlsALGeorgia: #60 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 282 girlsGAHawaii: #106 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 377 girlsHITexas: #117 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 567 girlsTXFlorida: #84 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 379 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#31 · 1 in 148
  2. South Dakota#34 · 1 in 147
  3. Vermont#47 · 1 in 160
  4. Massachusetts#49 · 1 in 199
  5. South Carolina#53 · 1 in 260

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#312271 in 148
South Dakota#34481 in 147
Vermont#47221 in 160
Massachusetts#492251 in 199
South Carolina#531071 in 260
Rhode Island#55321 in 227
Minnesota#591251 in 260
Nebraska#59541 in 249
Georgia#601511 in 282
New Hampshire#61231 in 216
Michigan#632611 in 271
North Dakota#68241 in 278
Wisconsin#681221 in 303
Montana#70231 in 264
Iowa#71871 in 314
Maine#71351 in 261
Utah#71281 in 294
Alabama#771101 in 340
District of Columbia#77371 in 311
Idaho#77211 in 292
Connecticut#79471 in 367
North Carolina#791301 in 377
Mississippi#82921 in 317
Ohio#822311 in 375
Florida#84711 in 379
Wyoming#8581 in 319
Tennessee#90841 in 449
Washington#91661 in 381
Pennsylvania#942541 in 404
Virginia#95791 in 452
Missouri#96751 in 517
Delaware#10071 in 418
Oregon#103321 in 470
Hawaii#106141 in 377
Colorado#108311 in 460
Illinois#1081531 in 561
New York#1082791 in 509
Kansas#110321 in 562
New Jersey#113771 in 551
Maryland#117421 in 535
Texas#1171671 in 567
California#1221961 in 578
Indiana#124591 in 712
Kentucky#136461 in 741
Arkansas#139321 in 698
Oklahoma#153231 in 935
West Virginia#153261 in 917
New Mexico#198101 in 867
Arizona#200101 in 891
Alaska
Nevada

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 1949

girls
#85
4,141 births · 1 in 413 girls
boys
#2,802
8 births · 1 in 221,742 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #85Dianne4,141

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #2,802Dianne8
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 413 of them was named Dianne, which outranked 98.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dianne
  1. #82Teresa4,328
  2. #83Constance4,327
  3. #84Sarah4,295
  4. #85Dianne4,141
  5. #86Anne4,052
  6. #87Glenda3,975
  7. #88Sue3,926
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

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

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 221,742 of them was named Dianne, which outranked 33.4% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dianne
  1. #2,606Wilbern9
  2. #2,606Worley9
  3. #2,606Zachariah9
  4. #2,802Dianne8
  5. #2,802Abbott8
  6. #2,802Able8
  7. #2,802Aime8
  8. #3,019Abdullah7
  9. #3,019Abran7
  10. #3,019Addie7

Tied with 216 names at #2,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949