Girls' name · since 1979
Diella
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 75 babies named Diella, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,315 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,239 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Diella currently ranks #12239 among girls' names in America, with 75 babies recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Diella recorded 75 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #12239 nationally today, ahead of 29% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #30,315 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,239 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diella ranks #30,315 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,239 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,315 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,239 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Diella's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Diella compares
75 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Diella's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Diella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Diella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Diella's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Diella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Diella by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Diella's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Diella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Diella's data
- Diella's decade-level peak was the 2000s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Diella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Diella 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.