Girls' name · since 1950
Dineen
Dineen has 430 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 430
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dineen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 430 have been recorded since 1950.
Dineen has 430 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1991.
- #12,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 430 born since 1950
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dineen ranks #12,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 430 born since 1950, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 430
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dineen's 430 recorded births place it above 82.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Dineen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dineen's full recorded timeline at 1965, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 68 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dineen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1991
- Peak year (1964)
- 68
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Dineen by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (257 births, 60% of the file).
1960s was Dineen's strongest decade.
257 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Dineen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 66
1950s
66 births
- 1960s
1960s
257 births
- 1970s 92
1970s
92 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 257 births (60% of all-time use).
Dineen by state
Where Dineen concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 70 | 16.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 18 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 16 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 15 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Connecticut | | 5 | 1.2% |
70 of 430 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Dineen's data
- Dineen's decade-level peak was the 1960s (257 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Dineens (70 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Dineen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1950–1991 (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 Dineen 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.