Diane
The Roman goddess Diana, from an Indo-European root for “heavenly, divine.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
Diane first shows up in the national records in 1898. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1937 to 1971. Its biggest year was 1955, when 23,290 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 14 nationally. All told, 520,034 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Dianne (95,475), Dion (20,164), Diann (12,252), Dionne (10,305), Dian (5,578), Dione (2,946) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Diana
Explore Diane interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | No. 1181 |
| 1900s | 108 | No. 909 |
| 1910s | 728 | No. 612 |
| 1920s | 2,310 | No. 219 |
| 1930s | 22,198 | No. 51 |
| 1940s | 122,878 | No. 18 |
| 1950s | 210,624 | No. 14 |
| 1960s | 114,453 | No. 22 |
| 1970s | 25,323 | No. 70 |
| 1980s | 11,182 | No. 193 |
| 1990s | 4,913 | No. 360 |
| 2000s | 2,403 | No. 711 |
| 2010s | 1,043 | No. 1569 |
| 2020s | 475 | No. 1861 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.