Girls' name · since 1993
Diani
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 185 babies named Diani, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,720 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Diani currently ranks #9720 among girls' names in America, with 185 babies recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diani has been recorded 185 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #9720 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #20,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,720 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 185 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diani ranks #20,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,720 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 185 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,720 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Diani's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Diani compares
185 35th percentile among 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
Diani's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Diani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Diani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Diani's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Diani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Diani by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Diani's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Diani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Diani's data
- Diani's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Diani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Diani 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.