Diane
Girl · Latin
Diane is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Diane mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin, popular in the middle of the 20th century
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Is Diane a girl's or a boy's name?
Diane is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Diane in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Diane, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 34 girls.
Half of all the girls named Diane in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#35), 1954 (#33), 1964 (#9) and 1974 (#71).
Diane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 34 | #774 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Diane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Diane, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 1955, with 23,290 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Diane in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87 girls in the US were given Diane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,873, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
- Diane 66
- Dianne 21
Diane in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,248 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,861 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,478 |
| 2017 | 87 | #2,184 |
| 2016 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2015 | 92 | #2,103 |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,706 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,849 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,714 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,666 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,569 |
| 2009 | 134 | #1,660 |
| 2008 | 201 | #1,250 |
| 2007 | 226 | #1,137 |
| 2006 | 210 | #1,157 |
| 2005 | 241 | #1,011 |
| 2004 | 271 | #897 |
| 2003 | 252 | #933 |
| 2002 | 282 | #828 |
| 2001 | 260 | #884 |
| 2000 | 326 | #711 |
| 1999 | 306 | #733 |
| 1998 | 358 | #644 |
| 1997 | 373 | #608 |
| 1996 | 391 | #585 |
| 1995 | 440 | #540 |
| 1994 | 450 | #542 |
| 1993 | 543 | #462 |
| 1992 | 611 | #414 |
| 1991 | 711 | #360 |
| 1990 | 730 | #363 |
| 1989 | 801 | #317 |
| 1988 | 818 | #303 |
| 1987 | 895 | #274 |
| 1986 | 1,015 | #254 |
| 1985 | 1,169 | #223 |
| 1984 | 1,198 | #218 |
| 1983 | 1,377 | #193 |
| 1982 | 1,350 | #201 |
| 1981 | 1,272 | #206 |
| 1980 | 1,287 | #201 |
| 1979 | 1,330 | #199 |
| 1978 | 1,434 | #181 |
| 1977 | 1,644 | #164 |
| 1976 | 1,689 | #155 |
| 1975 | 1,909 | #142 |
| 1974 | 2,227 | #129 |
| 1973 | 2,603 | #115 |
| 1972 | 3,091 | #105 |
| 1971 | 4,208 | #83 |
| 1970 | 5,188 | #70 |
| 1969 | 5,943 | #61 |
| 1968 | 6,583 | #51 |
| 1967 | 7,818 | #44 |
| 1966 | 8,750 | #45 |
| 1965 | 10,365 | #40 |
| 1964 | 12,864 | #32 |
| 1963 | 13,193 | #31 |
| 1962 | 14,823 | #26 |
| 1961 | 16,205 | #26 |
| 1960 | 17,909 | #22 |
| 1959 | 19,972 | #19 |
| 1958 | 20,811 | #18 |
| 1957 | 22,090 | #17 |
| 1956 | 22,518 | #15 |
| 1955 | 23,290 | #14 |
| 1954 | 22,053 | #17 |
| 1953 | 21,351 | #17 |
| 1952 | 21,063 | #16 |
| 1951 | 19,840 | #15 |
| 1950 | 17,636 | #16 |
| 1949 | 17,252 | #19 |
| 1948 | 16,607 | #19 |
| 1947 | 17,775 | #18 |
| 1946 | 15,835 | #19 |
| 1945 | 12,223 | #22 |
| 1944 | 10,710 | #24 |
| 1943 | 11,326 | #24 |
| 1942 | 9,551 | #28 |
| 1941 | 6,427 | #40 |
| 1940 | 5,172 | #45 |
| 1939 | 4,340 | #51 |
| 1938 | 3,827 | #64 |
| 1937 | 3,175 | #76 |
| 1936 | 2,146 | #112 |
| 1935 | 2,197 | #109 |
| 1934 | 1,872 | #124 |
| 1933 | 1,603 | #134 |
| 1932 | 1,439 | #142 |
| 1931 | 857 | #211 |
| 1930 | 742 | #225 |
| 1929 | 796 | #219 |
| 1928 | 616 | #260 |
| 1927 | 159 | #562 |
| 1926 | 116 | #673 |
| 1925 | 122 | #668 |
| 1924 | 123 | #669 |
| 1923 | 115 | #686 |
| 1922 | 111 | #694 |
| 1921 | 72 | #868 |
| 1920 | 80 | #814 |
| 1919 | 87 | #752 |
| 1918 | 80 | #796 |
| 1917 | 93 | #721 |
| 1916 | 102 | #677 |
| 1915 | 99 | #664 |
| 1914 | 75 | #671 |
| 1913 | 72 | #612 |
| 1912 | 52 | #697 |
| 1911 | 35 | #733 |
| 1910 | 33 | #737 |
| 1909 | 20 | #909 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,101 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 14 | #965 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
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