Diana Girl
How popular is Diana?
#244 girl name in 2025
1,277 baby girls were named Diana in the US in 2025, making it the 244th most popular girl name.
Diana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #244 for girls (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,277 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #296 in 2015, #245 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (9,433 girls) |
| Highest rank | #42 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Diana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Diana family of names ranked #249 for girls in 2025 (#238 the year before), with 1,350 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Diana is most popular
Babies named Diana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 1.8 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Maryland: 1.5 per 1,000 (158 girls)
- Nevada: 1.5 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Delaware: 1.4 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Virginia: 1.4 per 1,000 (231 girls)
Diana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 118 | #541 |
| 1890s | 225 | #537 |
| 1900s | 353 | #488 |
| 1910s | 1,337 | #443 |
| 1920s | 3,223 | #278 |
| 1930s | 9,500 | #138 |
| 1940s | 53,698 | #42 |
| 1950s | 80,234 | #43 |
| 1960s | 65,037 | #53 |
| 1970s | 33,348 | #82 |
| 1980s | 36,904 | #63 |
| 1990s | 33,784 | #83 |
| 2000s | 29,544 | #90 |
| 2010s | 13,411 | #185 |
| 2020s | 7,771 | #225 |
Girl names about as popular as Diana
Questions
- Is Diana a boy or girl name?
- Diana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Diana were girls.
- How popular is the name Diana?
- 1,277 baby girls were named Diana in the US in 2025, making it the 244th most popular girl name.
- When was Diana most popular?
- Diana peaked in 1957, when 9,433 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #42 in 1946.
- How many people are named Diana?
- 369,771 babies have been named Diana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 312,014 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 58.
- Where is Diana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Diana was most common in District of Columbia, at 1.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.