Girls' name · since 1880
Diana
Diana has 368,487 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #101 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #244 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 368,487
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
368,487 babies have been named Diana since 1880, making it today's #244 girls' name.
Diana has 368,487 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #244 as of the latest data, more common than 99% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #101 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #244 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 368,487 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diana ranks #101 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #244 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 368,487 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #101 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #244 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 368,487
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Diana's 368,487 recorded births place it above 99.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Diana compares
368,487 Top 1% higher than 99% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Diana's all-time total is 980x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Diana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 368,487 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9,433 | 21 | 19,840 |
Diana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Diana's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1888, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1957 peak of 9,433, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Diana popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1957)
- 9,433
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Diana popularity over time - boys
1,284 total births recorded since 1926 (Diana as boys' name)
Diana by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (80,234 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Diana's strongest decade.
80,234 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Diana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 118
1880s
118 births
- 1890s 225
1890s
225 births
- 1900s 353
1900s
353 births
- 1910s 1,337
1910s
1,337 births
- 1920s 3,223
1920s
3,223 births
- 1930s 9,500
1930s
9,500 births
- 1940s
1940s
53,698 births
- 1950s
1950s
80,234 births
- 1960s
1960s
65,037 births
- 1970s
1970s
33,348 births
- 1980s
1980s
36,904 births
- 1990s
1990s
33,784 births
- 2000s 29,544
2000s
29,544 births
- 2010s 13,411
2010s
13,411 births
- 2020s 7,771
2020s
7,771 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 80,234 births (22% of all-time use).
How Diana 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 Diana's total volume
Diana by state
Where Diana concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 64,175 | 17.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 38,584 | 10.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 35,232 | 9.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 21,741 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 18,548 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 14,688 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 12,127 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 11,861 | 3.2% |
64,175 of 368,487 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Diana appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Diana's data
- Diana's decade-level peak was the 1950s (80,234 total births); usage has since declined to 7,771 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dianas (64,175 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Diana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Diana 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 August 2026.