Recorded 1962–1979 Girls' name Peak 1962 34 births

Dinetta — girls' name

34 babies named Dinetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s231970s11
1960s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Dinetta was born in this single decade.

1962
Single peak year

6 babies were named Dinetta in 1962 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Dinetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Dinetta between 1962 and 1979, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dinetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dinetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dinetta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dinetta 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 34 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.

Dinetta at a glance

Last recorded 1979

Total births

34

Since 1962

18 years of records

Peak year

1962

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1979

Active since

1962

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 1979

Dinetta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1962

Last recorded 1979
Peak year (1962)
6
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4.555.566.5 197919751968196519641962 6

Dinetta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
23 births that decade — 68% of Dinetta's all-time total
1960s231970s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dinetta?
34 babies have been named Dinetta since 1962. It was last recorded in 1979. The peak year was 1962 with 6 births.
When was Dinetta most popular?
Dinetta was most popular in the 1960s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1962.
How long has the name Dinetta been used?
Dinetta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1962, spanning 18 years of data through 1979.
What names are similar to Dinetta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dina, Dinah, Dinora, Dinorah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1962–1979 (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.