Diane — #2247 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Diane

The Social Security Administration has registered 518,590 babies named Diane between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Diane currently holds the #2247 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 23,291 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Diane performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 210,627 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Diane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 64,034 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Diane in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Diane 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 518,590 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.