Diania — girls' name
624 babies named Diania in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Diania was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Diania in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Diania
The Social Security Administration has registered 624 babies named Diania between 1941 and 1984, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Diania currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Diania performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Diania shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Diania in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Diania 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 624 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.
Diania at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Diania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1941
- Peak year (1957)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
624 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 34 births in a single year.
Diania by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 251 births that decade — 40% of Diania's all-time total
Diania decade highlights
- Peak decade 251 births
- Runner-up 156 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Diania's strongest decade
251 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Diania by state
Where Diania concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | | 7 | 1.1% |
7 of 624 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- West Virginia 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
West Virginia accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1941–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.