Recorded 1945–1960 Unisex name Peak 1948 27 births

Dinnie — boys' name

27 babies named Dinnie in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s111950s111960s5
1940s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Dinnie was born in this single decade.

1948
Single peak year

6 babies were named Dinnie in 1948 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Dinnie

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Dinnie between 1945 and 1960, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dinnie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Dinnie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1962.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dinnie performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dinnie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dinnie 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 27 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.

Dinnie at a glance

Last recorded 1960

Total births

27

Since 1945

16 years of records

Peak year

1948

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1960

Active since

1945

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 1960

Dinnie popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1945

Last recorded 1960
Peak year (1948)
6
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4.555.566.5 19601959195819481945 5

Dinnie popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 1962 (Dinnie as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1962 5

Dinnie by decade

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

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
11 births that decade — 41% of Dinnie's all-time total
1940s111950s111960s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dinnie?
27 babies have been named Dinnie since 1945. It was last recorded in 1960. The peak year was 1948 with 6 births.
When was Dinnie most popular?
Dinnie was most popular in the 1940s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1948.
Is Dinnie a unisex name?
Yes, Dinnie is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 27 births, and as a girl's name it has 5 births.
How long has the name Dinnie been used?
Dinnie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1945, spanning 16 years of data through 1960.
What names are similar to Dinnie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dino, Dinero, Dinesh, Dinari, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1945–1960 (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.