Diane
Diane was given to 66 girls in 2025, #2,620 among girls’ names; 520,034 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 387,000 Americans named Diane and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 63 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Diane by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Diane mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Diane is “a female given name from Latin, popular in the middle of the 20th century”
An anglicization of French Diane, from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Diana
/daɪˈæn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Diane?
#2,620 among girls’ names, 2025
Diane fell from #2,105 in 2015 to #2,620 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 51.5 to 41.1 per million.
23,343 babies in 1955, the peak
Diane peaked in 1955, when 23,343 babies were given it (23,290 girls, #14 among girls’ names). The 66 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,620 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,250 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,829 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,230 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,865 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,348 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,461 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,487 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 87 | #2,189 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 101 | #1,976 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 92 | #2,105 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,709 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,853 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,716 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,667 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,570 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 134 | #1,662 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 201 | #1,250 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 226 | #1,137 | 0.12 |
| 2006 | 210 | #1,159 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 241 | #1,011 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 271 | #897 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 252 | #937 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 282 | #828 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 260 | #885 | 0.14 |
| 2000 | 326 | #712 | 0.18 |
| 1999 | 306 | #733 | 0.17 |
| 1998 | 358 | #645 | 0.20 |
| 1997 | 373 | #608 | 0.21 |
| 1996 | 391 | #585 | 0.22 |
| 1995 | 440 | #540 | 0.25 |
| 1994 | 450 | #542 | 0.25 |
| 1993 | 543 | #462 | 0.30 |
| 1992 | 611 | #414 | 0.33 |
| 1991 | 711 | #360 | 0.38 |
| 1990 | 730 | #363 | 0.38 |
| 1989 | 801 | #317 | 0.43 |
| 1988 | 818 | #303 | 0.46 |
| 1987 | 895 | #274 | 0.51 |
| 1986 | 1,015 | #254 | 0.59 |
| 1985 | 1,169 | #223 | 0.68 |
| 1984 | 1,198 | #218 | 0.71 |
| 1983 | 1,377 | #193 | 0.82 |
| 1982 | 1,350 | #201 | 0.80 |
| 1981 | 1,272 | #206 | 0.76 |
| 1980 | 1,287 | #201 | 0.78 |
| 1979 | 1,330 | #199 | 0.83 |
| 1978 | 1,434 | #181 | 0.94 |
| 1977 | 1,644 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1976 | 1,689 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1975 | 1,909 | #142 | 1.3 |
| 1974 | 2,227 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1973 | 2,603 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1972 | 3,091 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 1971 | 4,208 | #83 | 2.5 |
| 1970 | 5,188 | #70 | 3.0 |
| 1969 | 5,943 | #61 | 3.5 |
| 1968 | 6,583 | #51 | 4.0 |
| 1967 | 7,818 | #44 | 4.7 |
| 1966 | 8,750 | #45 | 5.2 |
| 1965 | 10,365 | #40 | 5.9 |
| 1964 | 12,864 | #32 | 6.8 |
| 1963 | 13,193 | #31 | 6.8 |
| 1962 | 14,823 | #26 | 7.5 |
| 1961 | 16,205 | #26 | 8.0 |
| 1960 | 17,909 | #22 | 8.9 |
| 1959 | 19,972 | #19 | 9.9 |
| 1958 | 20,811 | #18 | 10.3 |
| 1957 | 22,090 | #17 | 10.8 |
| 1956 | 22,518 | #15 | 11.2 |
| 1955 | 23,290 | #14 | 11.9 |
| 1954 | 22,053 | #17 | 11.4 |
| 1953 | 21,351 | #17 | 11.3 |
| 1952 | 21,063 | #16 | 11.4 |
| 1951 | 19,840 | #15 | 11.0 |
| 1950 | 17,636 | #16 | 10.3 |
| 1949 | 17,252 | #19 | 10.1 |
| 1948 | 16,607 | #19 | 9.8 |
| 1947 | 17,775 | #18 | 10.0 |
| 1946 | 15,835 | #19 | 10.1 |
| 1945 | 12,223 | #22 | 9.4 |
| 1944 | 10,710 | #24 | 8.1 |
| 1943 | 11,326 | #24 | 8.1 |
| 1942 | 9,551 | #28 | 7.1 |
| 1941 | 6,427 | #40 | 5.3 |
| 1940 | 5,172 | #45 | 4.5 |
| 1939 | 4,340 | #51 | 4.0 |
| 1938 | 3,827 | #64 | 3.5 |
| 1937 | 3,175 | #76 | 3.0 |
| 1936 | 2,146 | #112 | 2.1 |
| 1935 | 2,197 | #109 | 2.1 |
| 1934 | 1,872 | #124 | 1.8 |
| 1933 | 1,603 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 1932 | 1,439 | #142 | 1.3 |
| 1931 | 857 | #211 | 0.80 |
| 1930 | 742 | #225 | 0.66 |
| 1929 | 796 | #219 | 0.71 |
| 1928 | 616 | #260 | 0.53 |
| 1927 | 159 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 116 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 122 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 123 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 115 | #686 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 111 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 72 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 80 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 87 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 80 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 93 | #724 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 102 | #677 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 99 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 75 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 72 | #613 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 52 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 35 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 33 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 20 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 18 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,011 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 14 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,351 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,648 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,530 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,466 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,198 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,764 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Diane a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Diane has been given almost only to girls: 1,383 boys in 128 years of records.
Girls and boys named Diane: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Diane, and how old are they?
387,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 520,034 Americans ever recorded as Diane. The median Diane alive today is 69 years old; half are between 63 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 422,752 people named Diane (422,404 women and girls, 348 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 426,492 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 34,700 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 274,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 60,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 13,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,780 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,120 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Diane born?
The states with the most babies named Diane are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 64,126 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 45,483 | #2,862 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 41,978 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 37,288 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 30,831 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 29,092 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 24,550 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Massachusetts | 24,075 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Wisconsin | 18,643 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Minnesota | 16,215 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Diane is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Diane is most over-represented in New Jersey: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Diane with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,088,891 babies since 1880, Diane is the most given (48% of them). In 2025 it was given to 66 of their 1,627 babies (4.1%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Diane
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Diane and names like it
- Compare Diane and DianaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sDiane peaked in 1955.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Diane since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Diane: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Diane.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Diane alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.