Girls' name · since 1880
Dinah
10,509 babies named Dinah in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,509
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dinah is the #4173 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10,509 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Dinah recorded 10,509 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #4173 nationally today, ahead of 76% of girls, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,173 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,509 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dinah ranks #1,606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,173 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,509 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #1,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,509
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dinah's 10,509 recorded births place it above 97.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Dinah compares
10,509 Top 9% higher than 91% of 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
Dinah's all-time total is 28x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dinah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,509 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 346 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dinah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dinah's full recorded timeline at 1954, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1887, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 346 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dinah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1955)
- 346
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Dinah by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (2,903 births, 28% of the file).
1950s was Dinah's strongest decade.
2,903 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Dinah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 83
1880s
83 births
- 1890s 87
1890s
87 births
- 1900s 113
1900s
113 births
- 1910s 227
1910s
227 births
- 1920s 244
1920s
244 births
- 1930s 289
1930s
289 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,592 births
- 1950s
1950s
2,903 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,626 births
- 1970s 836
1970s
836 births
- 1980s 628
1980s
628 births
- 1990s 509
1990s
509 births
- 2000s 619
2000s
619 births
- 2010s 502
2010s
502 births
- 2020s 251
2020s
251 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 2,903 births (28% of all-time use).
How Dinah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dinah's total volume
Dinah by state
Where Dinah concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 796 | 7.6% |
| #2 | California | | 706 | 6.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 675 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 347 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 346 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 303 | 2.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 296 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 246 | 2.3% |
796 of 10,509 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Dinah appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dinah's data
- Dinah's decade-level peak was the 1950s (2,903 total births); usage has since declined to 251 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dinahs (796 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Dinah
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dinah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Dinah 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.