How Many People Are Named Diane?
people named Diane are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 867 people in the US has this name
Based on 520,034 babies named Diane in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
23,343 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of DIANA, also regularly used in the English-speaking world.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Diane in English. Counting Diane and these spellings together, about 473,425 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Diane (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Diane alive today is about 67 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Diane first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1955, to 23,343 babies. In 2025, 66 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Diane never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #14, in 1955, and it was in the top 100 for 35 years, 1937 to 1971. In 2025 it ranked #2,620.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,620 |
| Best rank | #14 (1955) |
| Years in the top 100 | 35 (1937 to 1971) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #17 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Diane alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Diane were born in New York than in any other state: about 47,866 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Diane was given 1.8 times as often in New Hampshire, 1.8 times in Rhode Island and 1.7 times in Massachusetts.
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