How Many People Are Named Dinah?
people named Dinah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 42,463 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,509 babies named Dinah in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
346 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "judged" in Hebrew. She is the daughter of Jacob and Leah in the Old Testament. It has been used as an English given name since after the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dinah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dinah alive today is about 54 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 38 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dinah first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1955, to 346 babies. In 2025, 34 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dinah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #487, in 1955. In 2025 it ranked #4,197.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,197 |
| Best rank | #487 (1955) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #533 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dinah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dinah were born in Texas than in any other state: about 659 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dinah was given 2.9 times as often in West Virginia, 2.5 times in Louisiana and 2.1 times in Kentucky.
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