Girls' name · since 1945
Diannah
Since 1945, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Diannah, peaking in 1950. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Diannah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 86 have been recorded since 1945.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diannah has been recorded 86 times among girls since 1945, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2003.
- #28,801 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1945
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diannah ranks #28,801 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1945, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Diannah's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Diannah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Diannah's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1950 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Diannah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2003
- Peak year (1950)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Diannah by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (35 births, 41% of the file).
1950s was Diannah's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Diannah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
35 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 35 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Diannah's decade-level peak was the 1950s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Diannah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1945–2003 (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 Diannah 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.