Girls' name · since 1916
Diamantina
654 babies named Diamantina in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 654
- total births
- 1916–1994
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 18%
- born in that decade
Diamantina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 654 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diamantina has been recorded 654 times among girls since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1994.
- 654 total births
- 1916–1994 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 18% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
654 girls have been named Diamantina since 1916, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1994.
- 654
- total births
- 1916–1994
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 18%
- born in that decade
18% of everyone ever named Diamantina was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Diamantina in 1947 - its busiest year on record.
Diamantina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Diamantina's full recorded timeline at 1953, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1947 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Diamantina at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Diamantina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1994
- Peak year (1947)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1994.
654 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 19 births in a single year.
Diamantina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Diamantina's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Diamantina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 24
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
78 births
- 1930s
1930s
98 births
- 1940s
1940s
116 births
- 1950s
1950s
112 births
- 1960s
1960s
93 births
- 1970s
1970s
65 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 116 births (18% of all-time use).
Diamantina decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Diamantina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Diamantina's total volume
Diamantina vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Diamantina by state
Where Diamantina concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 508 | 77.7% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 10 | 1.5% |
508 of 654 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 77.7% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 77.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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What to do with Diamantina's data
- Diamantina's decade-level peak was the 1940s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Diamantinas (508 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Diamantina: Baby Name Since 1916 - 654 Births, Peak 1947." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/diamantina. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Diamantina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.
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