Dinah

#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births

Peak · girls
#488
1955 · 346 births
Debut · girls
1880
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,509
since 1880

Dinah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dinah has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #488, 1955girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,17234
2024#3,89238
2023#3,76340
2022#3,82739
2021#3,21550
2020#3,14150
2019#3,66541
2018#3,10752
2017#3,14551
2016#3,06054
2015#2,89060
2014#3,08054
2013#3,16651
2012#3,36448
2011#3,55044
2010#3,40947
2009#2,67268
2008#2,99558
2007#3,04757
2006#2,88760
2005#3,73039
2004#2,88955
2003#2,39369
2002#2,25173
2001#2,17175
2000#2,37465
1999#2,13371
1998#2,65151
1997#2,82043
1996#2,12564
1995#2,62347
1994#2,46551
1993#2,67645
1992#2,68745
1991#2,84341
1990#2,40251
1989#1,99863
1988#1,82268
1987#2,09852
1986#2,30044
1985#1,78463
1984#1,56572
1983#1,66566
1982#1,73564
1981#1,51579
1980#1,88657
1979#1,43185
1978#1,56969
1977#1,48374
1976#1,33081
1975#1,17598
1974#1,57860
1973#1,30278
1972#1,13397
1971#1,22891
1970#1,133103
1969#1,16991
1968#1,11891
1967#1,11988
1966#910123
1965#832143
1964#786173
1963#778177
1962#716208
1961#670237
1960#573295
1959#566298
1958#529332
1957#530325
1956#512333
1955#488346
1954#540270
1953#540257
1952#531257
1951#548237
1950#517248
1949#570216
1948#607190
1947#580217
1946#583188
1945#575162
1944#529188
1943#567178
1942#631142
1941#87669
1940#1,11442
1939#1,24035
1938#1,26833
1937#1,21935
1936#1,44526
1935#1,16237
1934#1,44026
1933#1,19735
1932#1,59723
1931#1,94117
1930#1,70322
1929#2,58712
1928#1,68024
1927#1,88521
1926#1,72124
1925#1,84722
1924#1,53330
1923#1,59827
1922#1,50830
1921#1,47631
1920#1,75123
1919#1,36932
1918#1,80521
1917#1,55224
1916#1,29831
1915#1,62221
1914#1,17527
1913#1,22921
1912#1,08023
1911#1,17115
1910#1,33512
1909#1,4719
1908#1,20312
1907#1,03714
1906#1,7276
1905#96815
1904#96514
1903—
1902#1,02412
1901#1,3397
1900#74224
1899#1,1818
1898#1,5026
1897#89513
1896#90313
1895#93212
1894#95011
1893#1,0918
1892#1,1717
1891—
1890#9409
1889#65715
1888#75312
1887#1,1475
1886#8977
1885#62912
1884#7319
1883#6519
1882#6788
1881—
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dinah was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dinah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 280 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #4,172)
  • 1,031 spots since 2020 (#3,141 → #4,172)
  • 1,282 spots since 2015 (#2,890 → #4,172)
  • Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1900 (#1,181 → #742)
  • Biggest drop: 759 spots in 1906 (#968 → #1,727)
Rise & fade · girls
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1955 at #488 (346 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1941–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,651
  • Highest: 1 in 5,651 girls born in 1955 were named Dinah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 27.6% of all girls named Dinah (2,903) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s83#629 (1885)#765
1890s87#895 (1897)#1,063
1900s113#742 (1900)#1,164
1910s227#1,080 (1912)#1,364
1920s244#1,476 (1921)#1,759
1930s289#1,162 (1935)#1,421
1940s1,592#529 (1944)#663
1950s2,903#488 (1955)#530
1960s1,626#573 (1960)#867
1970s836#1,133 (1970)#1,336
1980s628#1,515 (1981)#1,837
1990s509#2,125 (1996)#2,543
2000s619#2,171 (2001)#2,741
2010s502#2,890 (2015)#3,244
2020s251#3,141 (2020)#3,668

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.

Dinah in 1981

girls
#1,515
79 births · 1 in 21,115 girls

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #1,515Dinah79
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 21,115 of them was named Dinah, which outranked 87.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dinah
  1. #1,504Reena80
  2. #1,504Rhianna80
  3. #1,504Shanel80
  4. #1,515Dinah79
  5. #1,515Barbie79
  6. #1,515Dorian79
  7. #1,515Ester79
  8. #1,528Akilah78
  9. #1,528Amina78
  10. #1,528Charise78

Tied with 12 names at #1,515; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,850Tashina#4,743 → #893
  2. ↑ 2,742Krystle#3,215 → #473
  3. ↑ 1,800Tierra#2,342 → #542
  4. ↑ 1,398Martine#2,189 → #791
  5. ↑ 999Nereida#1,981 → #982
Fallers
  1. ↓ 764Kylene#990 → #1,754
  2. ↓ 607Renada#708 → #1,315
  3. ↓ 560Ashanti#822 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 399Renata#336 → #735
  5. ↓ 395Tracee#959 → #1,354

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →