Dian

Girl · recorded 1912–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1946best year

Most popular in 1946.

Last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

09218319121938196419892015

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 86 recorded years as a table
Dian, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19129
19235
19245
19257
19267
19276
192810
192912
193023
193117
193255
193351
193442
193542
193642
193754
1938101
1939114
1940109
1941145
1942145
1943140
1944130
1945150
1946183
1947137
1948117
1949110
1950105
1951111
195277
195395
195479
195572
195671
195767
195866
195967
196052
196149
196245
196342
196438
196539
196638
196735
196827
196923
197023
197122
197214
197317
197412
197510
197610
19777
19787
19799
19807
19817
198214
19839
198411
19856
19868
198712
19889
19895
19904
19916
19927
19936
19944
19954
19964
19974
19986
19994
20004
20013
20033
20045
20054
20073
20093
20153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dian isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2015
5
Rank in 2015
#16,419
How rare
1 in 357,019 girls
Since 1912
5,369

Dian was last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1946, at 183 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dian doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.