Girls' name · since 1942
Diannia
426 babies named Diannia in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 426
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
426 girls have been named Diannia since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Diannia has 426 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1972.
- #13,006 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 426 born since 1942
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diannia ranks #13,006 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 426 born since 1942, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 426
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Diannia's 426 recorded births place it above 82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Diannia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Diannia's full recorded timeline at 1957, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1942, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1951 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Diannia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1972
- Peak year (1951)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Diannia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (201 births, 47% of the file).
1950s was Diannia's strongest decade.
201 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Diannia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
93 births
- 1950s
1950s
201 births
- 1960s
1960s
113 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 201 births (47% of all-time use).
Diannia by state
Where Diannia concentrates geographically, total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 426 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Diannia's data
- Diannia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (201 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Diannias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Diannia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1942–1972 (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 Diannia 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.