Girls' name · since 1979
Dianira
44 babies named Dianira in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dianira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 44 recorded since 1979.
Dianira has 44 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2008.
- #36,400 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dianira ranks #36,400 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dianira's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dianira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dianira's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dianira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2008
- Peak year (1985)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Dianira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Dianira's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Dianira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (39% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dianira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1979–2008 (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 Dianira 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.