Dianne
Dianne was given to 21 girls in 2025, #5,774 among girls’ names; 95,475 Americans have been recorded with it since 1911 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 68,700 Americans named Dianne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 64 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dianne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dianne mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dianne is “a female given name from Latin, variant of Diane.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dianne?
#5,774 among girls’ names, 2025
Dianne fell from #5,164 in 2015 to #5,774 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 14.6 to 13.1 per million.
4,421 babies in 1947, the peak
Dianne peaked in 1947, when 4,421 babies were given it (4,415 girls, #83 among girls’ names). The 21 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,774 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,577 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,596 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,506 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,006 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,048 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,488 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,497 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,881 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,656 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #5,164 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,259 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,092 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,320 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,859 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,639 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,525 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,390 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 59 | #3,005 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,474 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,749 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,891 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,243 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 70 | #2,314 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,197 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,340 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,226 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 73 | #2,028 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,815 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,765 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,953 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 107 | #1,478 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 100 | #1,555 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 108 | #1,459 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 114 | #1,406 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 140 | #1,206 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 129 | #1,233 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 137 | #1,119 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 156 | #1,002 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 120 | #1,180 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 139 | #1,062 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 162 | #918 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 167 | #902 | 0.10 |
| 1982 | 175 | #880 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 175 | #875 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 154 | #960 | 0.09 |
| 1979 | 195 | #809 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 169 | #869 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 204 | #749 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 216 | #687 | 0.15 |
| 1975 | 242 | #637 | 0.17 |
| 1974 | 314 | #534 | 0.21 |
| 1973 | 390 | #467 | 0.27 |
| 1972 | 479 | #411 | 0.31 |
| 1971 | 618 | #377 | 0.37 |
| 1970 | 976 | #296 | 0.56 |
| 1969 | 954 | #294 | 0.57 |
| 1968 | 1,111 | #246 | 0.68 |
| 1967 | 1,220 | #236 | 0.74 |
| 1966 | 1,429 | #212 | 0.84 |
| 1965 | 1,637 | #202 | 0.93 |
| 1964 | 1,823 | #202 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 1,897 | #197 | 1.0 |
| 1962 | 2,066 | #183 | 1.1 |
| 1961 | 2,173 | #178 | 1.1 |
| 1960 | 2,618 | #160 | 1.3 |
| 1959 | 2,701 | #158 | 1.3 |
| 1958 | 2,935 | #143 | 1.5 |
| 1957 | 3,186 | #135 | 1.6 |
| 1956 | 3,066 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1955 | 3,496 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 1954 | 3,643 | #116 | 1.9 |
| 1953 | 3,617 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 3,895 | #96 | 2.1 |
| 1951 | 4,034 | #90 | 2.2 |
| 1950 | 3,921 | #90 | 2.3 |
| 1949 | 4,141 | #85 | 2.4 |
| 1948 | 4,138 | #86 | 2.4 |
| 1947 | 4,415 | #83 | 2.5 |
| 1946 | 4,278 | #76 | 2.7 |
| 1945 | 3,611 | #72 | 2.8 |
| 1944 | 3,107 | #90 | 2.3 |
| 1943 | 3,193 | #88 | 2.3 |
| 1942 | 2,547 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1941 | 1,631 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1940 | 1,235 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1939 | 923 | #192 | 0.84 |
| 1938 | 817 | #210 | 0.74 |
| 1937 | 673 | #240 | 0.63 |
| 1936 | 381 | #310 | 0.37 |
| 1935 | 413 | #299 | 0.39 |
| 1934 | 312 | #356 | 0.30 |
| 1933 | 197 | #467 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 146 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1931 | 104 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 73 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 74 | #823 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,115 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,634 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,906 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,072 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,618 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,040 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,065 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,193 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,387 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,084 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,333 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,954 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,264 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dianne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dianne has been given almost only to girls: 186 boys in 111 years of records.
Girls and boys named Dianne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dianne, and how old are they?
68,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 95,475 Americans ever recorded as Dianne. The median Dianne alive today is 72 years old; half are between 64 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 79,711 people named Dianne (79,647 women and girls, 64 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 76,776 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,150 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 47,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,030 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 877 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 291 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dianne born?
The states with the most babies named Dianne are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7,468 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 6,566 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 5,484 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Massachusetts | 5,241 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Michigan | 4,815 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 4,794 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 4,227 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 3,873 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 3,502 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Georgia | 3,147 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Dianne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dianne is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1911 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dianne with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,060,388 babies since 1880, Dianne is the third most given (9.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 21 of their 1,472 babies (1.4%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dianne
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dianne and names like it
- Compare Dianne and DianeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sDianne peaked in 1947.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dianne since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Dianne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dianne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.