Dianna — #2464 US girls' name
56,222 babies named Dianna in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Dianna was born in this single decade.
1,771 babies were named Dianna in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dianna
The Social Security Administration has registered 56,222 babies named Dianna between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dianna currently holds the #2464 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 1,771 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dianna performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 14,972 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dianna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,328 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Dianna in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dianna 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 56,222 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.
Dianna at a glance
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Current rank
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Dianna popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (1957)
- 1,771
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #2464 among girls.
56,222 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 1,771 births in a single year.
Dianna popularity over time — boys
64 total births recorded since 1943 (Dianna as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dianna accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dianna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 14,972 births that decade — 27% of Dianna's all-time total
Dianna decade highlights
- Peak decade 14,972 births
- Runner-up 13,373 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Dianna's strongest decade
14,972 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Dianna by state
Where Dianna concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6,328 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,342 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 3,700 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,766 | 4.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 2,558 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 2,340 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 2,263 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 2,262 | 4.0% |
6,328 of 56,222 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.3% of nationwide
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- New York 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dianna appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1916–2024 (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.