Dina
Dina was given to 168 girls in 2025, #1,327 among girls’ names; 32,097 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 28,400 Americans named Dina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 38 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dina is “a female given name from Hebrew.”
Also “a female given name from Italian.”
Equivalent of the biblical name Dinah in several European languages, ultimately from Hebrew דִּינָה.
/ˈdiːnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dina?
#1,327 among girls’ names, 2025
Dina rose from #1,456 in 2015 to #1,327 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.09 to 0.10 per 1,000.
1,581 babies in 1969, the peak
Dina peaked in 1969, when 1,581 babies were given it (1,572 girls, #199 among girls’ names). The 168 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | #1,327 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,337 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 210 | #1,155 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 204 | #1,178 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 179 | #1,285 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 160 | #1,363 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 183 | #1,270 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,396 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 176 | #1,323 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 159 | #1,447 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 158 | #1,456 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 146 | #1,511 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 159 | #1,428 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 190 | #1,266 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 173 | #1,340 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 169 | #1,372 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 181 | #1,331 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,397 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 155 | #1,495 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,399 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 191 | #1,201 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 197 | #1,150 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 188 | #1,150 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 175 | #1,174 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 189 | #1,118 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 189 | #1,089 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 198 | #1,028 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 200 | #997 | 0.11 |
| 1997 | 200 | #976 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 209 | #930 | 0.12 |
| 1995 | 192 | #976 | 0.11 |
| 1994 | 224 | #873 | 0.13 |
| 1993 | 225 | #857 | 0.12 |
| 1992 | 246 | #813 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 250 | #821 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 276 | #751 | 0.15 |
| 1989 | 270 | #729 | 0.15 |
| 1988 | 302 | #648 | 0.17 |
| 1987 | 313 | #617 | 0.18 |
| 1986 | 287 | #644 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 283 | #649 | 0.16 |
| 1984 | 349 | #545 | 0.21 |
| 1983 | 319 | #568 | 0.19 |
| 1982 | 363 | #536 | 0.21 |
| 1981 | 412 | #496 | 0.25 |
| 1980 | 422 | #490 | 0.25 |
| 1979 | 420 | #486 | 0.26 |
| 1978 | 461 | #434 | 0.30 |
| 1977 | 470 | #434 | 0.31 |
| 1976 | 553 | #374 | 0.38 |
| 1975 | 620 | #349 | 0.43 |
| 1974 | 810 | #295 | 0.55 |
| 1973 | 906 | #274 | 0.62 |
| 1972 | 1,097 | #248 | 0.72 |
| 1971 | 1,165 | #254 | 0.70 |
| 1970 | 1,545 | #207 | 0.88 |
| 1969 | 1,572 | #199 | 0.93 |
| 1968 | 1,247 | #231 | 0.76 |
| 1967 | 1,256 | #233 | 0.76 |
| 1966 | 1,048 | #261 | 0.62 |
| 1965 | 831 | #311 | 0.47 |
| 1964 | 949 | #299 | 0.50 |
| 1963 | 994 | #295 | 0.52 |
| 1962 | 1,031 | #280 | 0.52 |
| 1961 | 734 | #351 | 0.36 |
| 1960 | 554 | #410 | 0.27 |
| 1959 | 323 | #542 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 245 | #626 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 235 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 206 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 132 | #843 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 132 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 102 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 101 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 103 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 110 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,122 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 103 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 82 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 88 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 68 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 65 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 61 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 57 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 50 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 48 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,480 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 52 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,227 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 44 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,315 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,292 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,246 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 47 | #1,123 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,191 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,357 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 55 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,180 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 46 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,185 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 22 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,229 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,392 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,329 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,523 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,231 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 13 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,182 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,613 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,392 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,198 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 9 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 9 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 10 | #743 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 6 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 8 | #710 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dina has been given almost only to girls: 76 boys in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Dina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dina, and how old are they?
28,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 88% of the 32,097 Americans ever recorded as Dina. The median Dina alive today is 54 years old; half are between 38 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 39,715 people named Dina (39,543 women and girls, 172 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 28,162 born in the U.S. The Census count is 41% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 263 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,240 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 13,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,410 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,220 |
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 Dina born?
The states with the most babies named Dina are New York, California and New Jersey, with 47% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 6,470 | #260 | 2.5× |
| California | 4,328 | #1,769 | 1.3× |
| New Jersey | 2,264 | #314 | 2.3× |
| Texas | 2,075 | #2,266 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 1,769 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,615 | #1,450 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 964 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 949 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 853 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 671 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Dina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dina is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.5 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 Dina 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 997,400 babies since 1880, Dina is the fourth most given (3.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 168 of their 1,627 babies (10%), the second 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 Dina
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 Dina and names like it
- Compare Dina and DianeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sDina peaked in 1969.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dina since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Dina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1969The year the most babies were named Dina.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Dina alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.