NameTides

Diana

Diana was the #244 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,277 babies), and #275 in England & Wales and #311 in Canada.

Diana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Diana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Diana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#244 (1,277)#275 (165)#429 (7)—#247 (17)#311 (102)—
2024#242 (1,301)#276 (169)—#337 (4)#259 (16)#313 (98)—
2023#228 (1,312)#277 (162)#482 (6)#391 (3)#279 (14)#236 (120)—
2022#229 (1,316)#260 (177)#380 (8)#305 (5)#266 (16)#256 (117)—
2021#225 (1,329)#264 (179)#442 (7)#298 (5)#228 (20)#269 (119)—
2020#245 (1,236)#313 (147)#313 (11)#397 (3)#294 (14)#320 (100)—
2019#213 (1,435)#266 (181)#493 (6)—#260 (18)#224 (134)—
2018#185 (1,608)#275 (174)#376 (9)#361 (4)#280 (16)#231 (133)—
2017#230 (1,368)#318 (151)#666 (4)#355 (4)#301 (15)#279 (117)—
2016#269 (1,183)#291 (171)#502 (6)#353 (4)#316 (14)#328 (104)—
2015#296 (1,091)#281 (174)#806 (3)#312 (5)#316 (15)#312 (107)—
2014#298 (1,092)#304 (154)#477 (7)—#291 (17)#361 (94)—
2013#271 (1,179)#358 (127)#564 (5)—#254 (20)#365 (89)—
2012#251 (1,288)#414 (110)#580 (5)—#264 (19)#400 (80)—
2011#204 (1,545)#403 (112)#579 (5)#363 (4)#266 (19)#339 (96)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1946 at #42.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Diana is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Diana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #184WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #285MNIllinois: #268ILMichigan: #394MINew York: #249NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #243ORNevada: #178NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #511INOhio: #258OHPennsylvania: #310PANew Jersey: #323NJConnecticut: #175CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #143CAUtah: #184UTColorado: #389CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #275KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #173VAMaryland: #212MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #330AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #222KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #200NCSouth Carolina: #178SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #247ALGeorgia: #237GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #189TXFlorida: #239FL
Diana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25050
Quebec2025#31117

Diana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DianaCanadaGirls#311102
DianaEngland & WalesGirls#275165
DianaIrelandGirls#24717
DianaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DianaNSWGirls—too few
DianaScotlandGirls#4297
DianaUSGirls#2441,277
DianaUSBoys—too few