Diva — #6933 US girls' name
626 babies named Diva in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Diva was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Diva in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Diva
The Social Security Administration has registered 626 babies named Diva between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Diva currently holds the #6933 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Diva performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Diva shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Diva in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Diva 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 626 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.
Diva at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Diva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1993)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #6933 among girls.
626 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 24 births in a single year.
Diva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 150 births that decade — 24% of Diva's all-time total
Diva decade highlights
- Peak decade 150 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Diva's strongest decade
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Diva by state
Where Diva concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 3.7% |
23 of 626 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1917–2024 (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.