Girls' name · peaked in 1969
Dina name popularity since 1925
31,377 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Dina. Half of them were born in 1971 or earlier, so the typical Dina is about 55 years old in 2026. Dina peaked in 1969 as the #199 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 31,377
- Named Dina, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,327 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 31,301 girls · 76 boys
- Most popular in
- New York
- 3.03× its national share
Peak year is the year Dina 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.
Dina births per year, 1925–2025
1969 was the biggest year for Dina both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1957 and 1962, Dina became 4.6× more common, from 1 in 8,700 baby girls to 1 in 1,910.
- Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, its share of baby girls fell by 57%, from 1 in 1,390 to 1 in 3,260.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Dina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Dina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Dina 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 | 193 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 366 | 0 | #1,227 |
| 1940s | 687 | 0 | #917 |
| 1950s | 1,689 | 0 | #844 |
| 1960s | 10,216 | 30 | #311 |
| 1970s | 8,047 | 21 | #349 |
| 1980s | 3,320 | 20 | #649 |
| 1990s | 2,220 | 5 | #979 |
| 2000s | 1,797 | 0 | #1,201 |
| 2010s | 1,674 | 0 | #1,456 |
| 2020–25 | 1,092 | 0 | #1,327 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.1% of babies named Dina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Dina is most popular
The index compares Dina'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 Dina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3.03× | 6,353 |
| New Jersey | 2.98× | 2,264 |
| California | 1.47× | 4,303 |
| Connecticut | 1.46× | 438 |
| Illinois | 1.29× | 1,741 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Dina 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dina (this page) | 31,301 | 1969 |
| Dinah | 9,858 | 1955 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Dina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Dina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Dina (1969).
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