Girls' name · peaked in 1945
Dianne name popularity since 1925
95,349 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Dianne. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Dianne is about 74 years old in 2026. Dianne peaked in 1945 as the #72 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 95,349
- Named Dianne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,775 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 95,163 girls · 186 boys
- Most popular in
- South Dakota
- 2.48× its national share
Peak year is the year Dianne 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.
Dianne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Dianne peaked in 1945.
- Fastest rise: Between 1932 and 1937, Dianne became 4.6× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1970 and 1975, its share of baby girls fell by 70%, from 1 in 1,790 to 1 in 6,020.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Dianne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Dianne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Dianne 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 | 186 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 4,039 | 0 | #299 |
| 1940s | 32,296 | 82 | #72 |
| 1950s | 34,494 | 70 | #121 |
| 1960s | 16,928 | 29 | #202 |
| 1970s | 3,803 | 0 | #637 |
| 1980s | 1,514 | 5 | #1,062 |
| 1990s | 945 | 0 | #1,958 |
| 2000s | 549 | 0 | #3,753 |
| 2010s | 286 | 0 | #5,166 |
| 2020–25 | 123 | 0 | #5,775 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
65.2% of babies named Dianne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Dianne is most popular
The index compares Dianne'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 Dianne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 2.48× | 738 |
| Massachusetts | 2.36× | 5,241 |
| Maine | 2.13× | 851 |
| Rhode Island | 2.10× | 695 |
| Louisiana | 2.09× | 3,502 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Dianne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dianne (this page) | 95,163 | 1945 |
| Diane | 517,301 | 1955 |
| Diann | 12,247 | 1947 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Dianne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Dianne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Dianne (1945).
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