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Diane

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~407,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,607 among girls
Births in 2025
66 520,034 since 1880
Typical age
69 years, median

Diane popularity over time

Diane rank by birth year, 1898–2025Diane ranked #1,700 in 1898 and #2,607 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1955.#100#1,000#2,607best #14 in 19551920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1898–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Diane in 1955 than in any other year — 23,343 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1898. Across the record, 35 years put Diane in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #2,607, on 66 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 28%. Year on year the rank dropped by 359.

Babies named Diane per yearPeaks at 23,343 births in 1955.23,343 in 195501920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Diane?

About 407,000 people named Diane are alive in the United States today. That is out of 520,034 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 Diane?

Median age among living Dianes: 69. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Diane a mid-century name.

Your Diane

Ages of living people named DianeHalf of living Dianes are older than 69 and half younger.median 69020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Diane is most common

Diane is 1.5× as common in California as it is nationally.

Where Diane is used more than average1 states use the name Diane more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 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: not over-representedNVWyoming: 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: 1.5× 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: not over-representedMDDelaware: 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: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 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 Diane is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 128 1.5×

Diane in England and Wales

ONS recorded 9 births named Diane in 2025, ranking it #2,788. That is 80% higher than five years earlier.

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

Where the name Diane comes from

An anglicization of French Diane, from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Diana

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

Notable people named Diane

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Diane Keaton American actress and film director 1946–2025 98
Diane Kruger German actress 1976 81
Diane Lane American actress 1965 62
Diane Arbus American photographer 1923–1971 46
Diane de Poitiers French noblewoman and courtier (c.1499-1566) 1499–1566 45
Diane Ladd American actress 1935–2025 45
Diane von Fürstenberg Belgian-born American fashion designer 1946 41
Diane Baker American actress 1938 36
Photo credits (5)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 159 in 1927 to 616 in 1928 — 3.9 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 Diane

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

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