Diahann — girls' name
354 babies named Diahann in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Diahann was born in this single decade.
50 babies were named Diahann in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Diahann
The Social Security Administration has registered 354 babies named Diahann between 1948 and 1986, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Diahann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 50 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Diahann performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Diahann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Diahann in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Diahann 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 354 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.
Diahann at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Diahann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1948
- Peak year (1969)
- 50
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
354 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 50 births in a single year.
Diahann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 181 births that decade — 51% of Diahann's all-time total
Diahann decade highlights
- Peak decade 181 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Diahann's strongest decade
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Diahann by state
Where Diahann concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 66 | 18.6% |
| #2 | California | | 13 | 3.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.4% |
66 of 354 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 18.6% of nationwide
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 18.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1948–1986 (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.