Diane was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #14 in 1955 but is far less common today.
Diane is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,620 for girl births in the United States (and #4,637 across all names), given to 66 babies. Diane was first reported in SSA data in 1898 and peaked in 1955 (23,290 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | #2,620 | — |
| 2024 | 83 | 83 | #2,250 | — |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | #2,829 | — |
| 2022 | 84 | 84 | #2,230 | — |
| 2021 | 107 | 107 | #1,865 | — |
| 2020 | 75 | 75 | #2,348 | — |
| 2019 | 72 | 72 | #2,461 | — |
| 2018 | 71 | 71 | #2,487 | — |
| 2017 | 87 | 87 | #2,189 | — |
| 2016 | 101 | 101 | #1,976 | — |
| 2015 | 92 | 92 | #2,105 | — |
| 2014 | 123 | 123 | #1,709 | — |
| 2013 | 109 | 109 | #1,853 | — |
| 2012 | 121 | 121 | #1,716 | — |
| 2011 | 127 | 127 | #1,667 | — |
| 2010 | 140 | 140 | #1,570 | — |
| 2009 | 134 | 134 | #1,662 | — |
| 2008 | 201 | 206 | #1,250 | — |
| 2007 | 226 | 226 | #1,137 | — |
| 2006 | 210 | 210 | #1,159 | — |
| 2005 | 241 | 241 | #1,011 | — |
| 2004 | 271 | 271 | #897 | — |
| 2003 | 252 | 258 | #937 | — |
| 2002 | 282 | 290 | #828 | — |
| 2001 | 260 | 268 | #885 | — |
| 2000 | 326 | 332 | #712 | — |
| 1999 | 306 | 311 | #734 | — |
| 1998 | 358 | 375 | #645 | — |
| 1997 | 373 | — | #608 | — |
| 1996 | 391 | — | #585 | — |
| 1995 | 440 | — | #540 | — |
| 1994 | 450 | — | #542 | — |
| 1993 | 550 | — | #462 | #7,013 |
| 1992 | 616 | — | #414 | #8,767 |
| 1991 | 716 | — | #360 | #8,541 |
| 1990 | 738 | — | #363 | #5,987 |
| 1989 | 810 | — | #317 | #5,286 |
| 1988 | 826 | — | #303 | #5,326 |
| 1987 | 903 | — | #274 | #5,089 |
| 1986 | 1,030 | — | #254 | #3,171 |
| 1985 | 1,174 | — | #223 | #6,810 |
| 1984 | 1,206 | — | #218 | #4,661 |
| 1983 | 1,388 | — | #193 | #3,681 |
| 1982 | 1,356 | — | #201 | #5,832 |
| 1981 | 1,283 | — | #206 | #3,667 |
| 1980 | 1,294 | — | #201 | #5,073 |
| 1979 | 1,330 | — | #199 | — |
| 1978 | 1,445 | — | #181 | #3,457 |
| 1977 | 1,654 | — | #164 | #3,675 |
| 1976 | 1,703 | — | #155 | #2,860 |
| 1975 | 1,916 | — | #142 | #4,446 |
| 1974 | 2,237 | — | #129 | #3,387 |
| 1973 | 2,620 | — | #115 | #2,337 |
| 1972 | 3,099 | — | #105 | #3,717 |
| 1971 | 4,228 | — | #83 | #2,073 |
| 1970 | 5,212 | — | #70 | #1,810 |
| 1969 | 5,963 | — | #61 | #1,876 |
| 1968 | 6,608 | — | #51 | #1,589 |
| 1967 | 7,849 | — | #44 | #1,371 |
| 1966 | 8,774 | — | #45 | #1,591 |
| 1965 | 10,395 | — | #40 | #1,413 |
| 1964 | 12,903 | — | #32 | #1,241 |
| 1963 | 13,243 | — | #31 | #1,083 |
| 1962 | 14,853 | — | #26 | #1,433 |
| 1961 | 16,241 | — | #26 | #1,329 |
| 1960 | 17,948 | — | #22 | #1,255 |
| 1959 | 20,023 | — | #19 | #1,086 |
| 1958 | 20,873 | — | #18 | #963 |
| 1957 | 22,143 | — | #17 | #1,043 |
| 1956 | 22,562 | — | #15 | #1,146 |
| 1955 | 23,343 | — | #14 | #1,036 |
| 1954 | 22,096 | — | #17 | #1,142 |
| 1953 | 21,379 | — | #17 | #1,435 |
| 1952 | 21,103 | — | #16 | #1,171 |
| 1951 | 19,872 | — | #15 | #1,310 |
| 1950 | 17,663 | — | #16 | #1,404 |
| 1949 | 17,280 | — | #19 | #1,390 |
| 1948 | 16,643 | — | #19 | #1,202 |
| 1947 | 17,811 | — | #18 | #1,219 |
| 1946 | 15,875 | — | #19 | #1,099 |
| 1945 | 12,256 | — | #22 | #1,141 |
| 1944 | 10,743 | — | #24 | #1,158 |
| 1943 | 11,359 | — | #24 | #1,191 |
| 1942 | 9,582 | — | #28 | #1,252 |
| 1941 | 6,452 | — | #40 | #1,340 |
| 1940 | 5,199 | — | #45 | #1,291 |
| 1939 | 4,358 | — | #51 | #1,588 |
| 1938 | 3,837 | — | #64 | #2,366 |
| 1937 | 3,190 | — | #76 | #1,847 |
| 1936 | 2,152 | — | #112 | #3,243 |
| 1935 | 2,202 | — | #109 | #3,793 |
| 1934 | 1,882 | — | #124 | #2,437 |
| 1933 | 1,609 | — | #134 | #3,358 |
| 1932 | 1,439 | — | #142 | — |
| 1931 | 857 | — | #211 | — |
| 1930 | 742 | — | #225 | — |
| 1929 | 796 | — | #219 | — |
| 1928 | 616 | — | #260 | — |
| 1927 | 159 | — | #563 | — |
| 1926 | 116 | — | #675 | — |
| 1925 | 122 | — | #669 | — |
| 1924 | 123 | — | #670 | — |
| 1923 | 115 | — | #686 | — |
| 1922 | 111 | — | #695 | — |
| 1921 | 72 | — | #868 | — |
| 1920 | 80 | — | #814 | — |
| 1919 | 87 | — | #752 | — |
| 1918 | 80 | — | #797 | — |
| 1917 | 93 | — | #724 | — |
| 1916 | 102 | — | #677 | — |
| 1915 | 99 | — | #664 | — |
| 1914 | 75 | — | #674 | — |
| 1913 | 72 | — | #613 | — |
| 1912 | 52 | — | #700 | — |
| 1911 | 35 | — | #736 | — |
| 1910 | 33 | — | #741 | — |
| 1909 | 20 | — | #912 | — |
| 1908 | 18 | — | #950 | — |
| 1907 | 11 | — | #1,228 | — |
| 1906 | 12 | — | #1,113 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,012 | — |
| 1904 | 14 | — | #968 | — |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #1,351 | — |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,649 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,530 | — |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,467 | — |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #1,199 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,765 | — |