Dionne — #7275 US girls' name
9,845 babies named Dionne in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Dionne was born in this single decade.
835 babies were named Dionne in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dionne
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,845 babies named Dionne between 1931 and 2024, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dionne currently holds the #7275 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 835 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dionne performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Dionne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 810 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dionne in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dionne 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 9,845 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.
Dionne at a glance
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Current rank
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Dionne popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1931
- Peak year (1970)
- 835
- Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
Currently ranks #7275 among girls.
9,845 total births across 94 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 835 births in a single year.
Dionne popularity over time — boys
440 total births recorded since 1967 (Dionne as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dionne accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dionne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 4,153 births that decade — 42% of Dionne's all-time total
Dionne decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,153 births
- Runner-up 2,547 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Dionne's strongest decade
4,153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Dionne by state
Where Dionne concentrates geographically — total births since 1931
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 810 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 796 | 8.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 690 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 556 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 556 | 5.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 481 | 4.9% |
| #7 | Texas | | 402 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Florida | | 356 | 3.6% |
810 of 9,845 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.2% of nationwide
- Louisiana 8.1% of nationwide
- New York 7.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dionne appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1931–2024 (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.