How Many People Are Named Diana?
people named Diana are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,107 people in the US has this name
Based on 369,771 babies named Diana in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,459 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian form of DIANA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Diana in English. Counting Diana and these spellings together, about 355,363 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Diana (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Diana alive today is about 51 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 34 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Diana first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1957, to 9,459 babies. In 2025, 1,277 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Diana never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #42, in 1946, and it was in the top 100 in 52 years between 1941 and 2005. In 2025 it ranked #244.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #244 |
| Best rank | #42 (1946) |
| Years in the top 100 | 52 (1941 to 2005) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #55 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Diana alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Diana were born in California than in any other state: about 57,536 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Diana was given 1.7 times as often in California, 1.6 times in Nevada and 1.4 times in Arizona.
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