How popular is the name Diane?

Diane ranks 52nd among girls' names in US records, with 617,787 births since 1898. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,048.

Is Diane a unisex name?

No. Diane is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1955, when 26,821 children were given the name. It has been in use for 127 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Dianne, Dyan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#52 of girl names

Pronounced D AY0 AE1 N (ARPABET)

Diane is a girls' name, and first appears in 1898. It has been given to 617,787 children — the 52nd most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 50% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1955, when 26,821 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Dianne and Dyan — because they are pronounced identically.

1955Girls: 26,821Boys: 65

These spellings sound identical to Diane and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Diane?: Diane ranks 52nd among girls' names in US records, with 617,787 births since 1898. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,048.
Is Diane a unisex name?: No. Diane is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Diane most popular?: 1955, when 26,821 children were given the name. It has been in use for 127 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Diane spelled?: Dianne, Dyan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.