Girls' name · since 1978
Dianca
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 110 babies named Dianca, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 110
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dianca sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 110 recorded since 1978.
Dianca has 110 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1995.
- #26,052 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 110 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dianca ranks #26,052 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 110 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 110
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dianca's 110 recorded births place it above 63.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dianca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dianca splits its recorded history at 1988: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dianca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1995
- Peak year (1988)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Dianca by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (55 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Dianca's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Dianca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 55 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Dianca's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 1990s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Dianca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1978–1995 (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 Dianca 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.