Dia — #4119 US unisex name
2,216 babies named Dia in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Dia was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Dia in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dia
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,216 babies named Dia between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dia currently holds the #4119 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 62 babies received it in a single year. Dia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 117 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 489 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 207 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dia in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,216 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dia at a glance
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Current rank
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Dia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (2015)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #4119 among girls.
2,216 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 62 births in a single year.
Dia popularity over time — boys
117 total births recorded since 1971 (Dia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dia accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 489 births that decade — 22% of Dia's all-time total
Dia decade highlights
- Peak decade 489 births
- Runner-up 391 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dia's strongest decade
489 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Dia by state
Where Dia concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 207 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 59 | 2.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 45 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 28 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 27 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 15 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 10 | 0.5% |
207 of 2,216 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.3% of nationwide
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dia appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1948–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.