Dim — #13019 US girls' name
161 babies named Dim in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 26% of names given to girls today.
76% of everyone ever named Dim was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Dim in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dim
The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Dim between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dim currently holds the #13019 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dim performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dim shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Dim in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dim 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 161 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.
Dim at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2018)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #13019 among girls.
161 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 20 births in a single year.
Dim by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 122 births that decade — 76% of Dim's all-time total
Dim decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dim's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Dim by state
Where Dim concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 11.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.1% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 11.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2011–2024 (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.