Diane Girl
How popular is Diane?
#2,607 girl name in 2025
66 baby girls were named Diane in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
Diane popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,607 for girls (▼ 359 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,103 in 2015, #2,341 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1955 (23,290 girls) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 1955 |
| First recorded | 1898 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Diane counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Diane family of names ranked #1,517 for girls in 2025 (#1,472 the year before), with 103 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 Diane is most popular
Babies named Diane per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Diane by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #1,180 |
| 1900s | 108 | #909 |
| 1910s | 728 | #612 |
| 1920s | 2,310 | #219 |
| 1930s | 22,198 | #51 |
| 1940s | 122,878 | #18 |
| 1950s | 210,624 | #14 |
| 1960s | 114,453 | #22 |
| 1970s | 25,323 | #70 |
| 1980s | 11,182 | #193 |
| 1990s | 4,913 | #360 |
| 2000s | 2,403 | #711 |
| 2010s | 1,043 | #1,569 |
| 2020s | 475 | #1,861 |
Girl names about as popular as Diane
Questions
- Is Diane a boy or girl name?
- Diane is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Diane were girls.
- How popular is the name Diane?
- 66 baby girls were named Diane in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
- When was Diane most popular?
- Diane peaked in 1955, when 23,290 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #14 in 1955.
- How many people are named Diane?
- 520,034 babies have been named Diane in the US since 1880. We estimate about 400,524 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 70.
- Where is Diane most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Diane was most common in California, at 0.1 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.