Dinah Girl
How popular is Dinah?
#4,171 girl name in 2025
34 baby girls were named Dinah in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
Dinah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,171 for girls (▼ 279 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,890 in 2015, #3,141 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1955 (346 girls) |
| Highest rank | #487 in 1955 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| 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 |
Dinah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dina family of names ranked #999 for girls in 2025 (#993 the year before), with 202 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dina | 168 | 83% |
| Dinah | 34 | 17% |
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 Dinah is most popular
Babies named Dinah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Dinah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | #629 |
| 1890s | 87 | #895 |
| 1900s | 113 | #742 |
| 1910s | 227 | #1,080 |
| 1920s | 244 | #1,476 |
| 1930s | 289 | #1,162 |
| 1940s | 1,592 | #529 |
| 1950s | 2,903 | #487 |
| 1960s | 1,626 | #573 |
| 1970s | 836 | #1,133 |
| 1980s | 628 | #1,515 |
| 1990s | 509 | #2,122 |
| 2000s | 619 | #2,167 |
| 2010s | 502 | #2,890 |
| 2020s | 251 | #3,141 |
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Questions
- Is Dinah a boy or girl name?
- Dinah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dinah were girls.
- How popular is the name Dinah?
- 34 baby girls were named Dinah in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
- When was Dinah most popular?
- Dinah peaked in 1955, when 346 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #487 in 1955.
- How many people are named Dinah?
- 10,509 babies have been named Dinah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,152 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Dinah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dinah was most common in New York, at 0.0 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.