Dione
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 80.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 161 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,373since 1929
Dione over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #1,704 | 66 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #1,770 | 61 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #1,938 | 50 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #1,538 | 70 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #1,677 | 58 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #1,350 | 79 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #1,157 | 99 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #1,088 | 105 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #988 | 121 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #909 | 144 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #840 | 161 | #1,939 | 21 |
| 1969 | #881 | 142 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #1,123 | 90 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #1,372 | 64 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #1,385 | 63 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Dione! It came in at #4,570, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dione is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#492 · 1 in 3,316
- Indiana#582 · 1 in 6,173
- Ohio#582 · 1 in 6,204
- Illinois#628 · 1 in 5,738
- Michigan#656 · 1 in 6,877
Best ever in a state: #264 in District of Columbia, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #492 | 8 | 1 in 3,316 |
| Indiana | #582 | 6 | 1 in 6,173 |
| Ohio | #582 | 12 | 1 in 6,204 |
| Illinois | #628 | 13 | 1 in 5,738 |
| Michigan | #656 | 9 | 1 in 6,877 |
| Pennsylvania | #763 | 7 | 1 in 10,301 |
| California | #1,240 | 9 | 1 in 15,231 |
| Texas | #1,424 | 5 | 1 in 19,274 |
| New York | #1,535 | 5 | 1 in 22,168 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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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 Dione
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1969 (#1,123 → #881)
- Biggest drop: 100 spots in 1973 (#988 → #1,088)
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1970 at #840 (161 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1969–1972
- Highest: 1 in 10,858 girls born in 1970 were named Dione (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 39.9% of all girls named Dione (948) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,570 (1929) | #4,570 |
| 1930s | 78 | #1,877 (1932) | #2,762 |
| 1940s | 52 | #3,393 (1949) | #4,243 |
| 1950s | 172 | #2,289 (1959) | #2,786 |
| 1960s | 516 | #881 (1969) | #1,989 |
| 1970s | 948 | #840 (1970) | #1,326 |
| 1980s | 381 | #1,641 (1981) | #3,007 |
| 1990s | 99 | #6,073 (1998) | #8,315 |
| 2000s | 63 | #8,196 (2001) | #13,656 |
| 2010s | 38 | #8,776 (2017) | #12,887 |
| 2020s | 21 | #10,383 (2022) | #12,610 |
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.
Dione in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 12,572 of them was named Dione, which outranked 89.8% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #982Cherise122
- #982Lanette122
- #982Valeria122
- #988Dione121
- #988Agnes121
- #988Marybeth121
- #988Mattie121
- #993Elvira120
- #993Gerri120
- #993Velma120
Tied with 4 names at #988; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 162,161 of them was named Dione, which outranked 45.2% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,991Yechiel11
- #2,991Zeb11
- #2,991Zev11
- #3,152Dione10
- #3,152Aden10
- #3,152Adrion10
- #3,152Aidan10
- #3,344Abran9
- #3,344Adaryll9
- #3,344Aimee9
Tied with 191 names at #3,152; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.