Girls' name · peaked in 1948
Dianna name popularity since 1925
56,281 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Dianna. Half of them were born in 1961 or earlier, so the typical Dianna is about 65 years old in 2026. Dianna peaked in 1948 as the #172 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 56,281
- Named Dianna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,566 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 56,217 girls · 64 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 2.47× its national share
Peak year is the year Dianna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Dianna births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Dianna peaked in 1948.
- Fastest rise: Between 1940 and 1945, Dianna became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 3,980 baby girls to 1 in 1,150.
- Steepest fall: Between 1971 and 1976, its share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 1,830 to 1 in 3,280.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Dianna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Dianna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Dianna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 63 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 717 | 0 | #1,059 |
| 1940s | 10,060 | 16 | #182 |
| 1950s | 14,973 | 13 | #217 |
| 1960s | 13,373 | 14 | #240 |
| 1970s | 6,228 | 5 | #404 |
| 1980s | 4,286 | 11 | #473 |
| 1990s | 2,813 | 5 | #808 |
| 2000s | 2,134 | 0 | #1,089 |
| 2010s | 1,092 | 0 | #1,783 |
| 2020–25 | 478 | 0 | #2,566 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.0% of babies named Dianna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Dianna is most popular
The index compares Dianna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Dianna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 2.47× | 1,149 |
| Indiana | 1.80× | 2,263 |
| Oklahoma | 1.73× | 1,191 |
| Kansas | 1.59× | 859 |
| Kentucky | 1.57× | 1,393 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Dianna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Dianna (this page) | 56,217 | 1948 |
| Diana | 365,152 | 1946 |
| Dyanna | 1,721 | 2005 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Dianna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Dianna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Dianna (1948).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data