Girls' name · since 1980
Dipa
18 babies named Dipa in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,907 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dipa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dipa has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1988.
- #46,907 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dipa ranks #46,907 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #46,907 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dipa's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dipa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dipa's full recorded timeline at 1983, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dipa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1988
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Dipa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Dipa's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Dipa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dipa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1980–1988 (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 Dipa 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.