Dian — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dian

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,368 babies named Dian between 1912 and 2015, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 287 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dian performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,978 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Dian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 480 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Dian in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dian 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 5,368 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.