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Diana

Girls' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~314,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#244 among girls
Births in 2025
1,277 369,771 since 1880
Typical age
57 years, median

Diana popularity over time

Diana rank by birth year, 1880–2025Diana ranked #547 in 1880 and #244 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #42, in 1946.#100#1,000#244best #42 in 194618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Diana in 1957 than in any other year — 9,459 of them. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 52 years put Diana in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #244, on 1,277 births.

Babies named Diana per yearPeaks at 9,459 births in 1957.9,459 in 1957018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Diana?

Roughly 314,800 Dianas are alive in the US right now. That is out of 369,771 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Diana?

Median age among living Dianas: 57. The 1950s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Diana a mid-century perennial name.

Your Diana

Ages of living people named DianaHalf of living Dianas are older than 57 and half younger.median 57020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Diana is most common

Diana is 1.9× as common in Alaska as it is nationally. District of Columbia, Maryland and California follow.

Where Diana is used more than average5 states use the name Diana more than the national average.Alaska: 1.9× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.6× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.7× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.9× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Diana is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Alaska 34 1.9×
District of Columbia 46 1.9×
Maryland 316 1.7×
California 2,433 1.7×
Nevada 139 1.6×

Diana in England and Wales

ONS recorded 165 births named Diana in 2025, ranking it #275.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Diana comes from

Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Diana

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Diana Ross American singer and actress 1944 85
Diana Rigg English actress 1938–2020 66
Diana Wynne Jones English children's fantasy writer 1934–2011 49
Diana Krall Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist 1964 48
Diana Hayden Indian actress, television host, beauty queen and the winner of Miss World 1997 1973 38
Diana Taurasi American basketball player 1982 37
Diana Dors English actress 1931–1984 36
Diana Gabaldon American author 1952 35
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 834 in 1936 to 1,333 in 1937 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Diana

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Diana was in 2025.

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