Dinah

Gender: Girl
Origin: Hebrew
UK rank, 2025: #4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025: #4,171 for girls

Dinah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “judged, vindicated”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).

What does Dinah mean?

Hebrew

“judged, vindicated”

A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Alternative form of Dina.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Dinah a girl's or a boy's name?

Dinah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dinah in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025: 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling down 41% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Dinah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 16 girls.

Half of all the girls named Dinah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were given Dinah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #747, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.

Dina 28
Deena 11
Dinah 4
Deenah 3
Dena 3

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 16 in 19962025

Dinah in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	4	#4,935
2024	5	#4,253
2023	7	#3,388
2022	6	#3,728
2021	4	#4,864
2020	6	#3,630
2019	12	#2,275
2018	9	#2,825
2017	3	#5,998
2016	6	#3,788
2015	13	#2,186
2014	6	#3,702
2013	7	#3,338
2012	5	#4,390
2011	4	#4,980
2010	8	#2,992
2009	6	#3,603
2008	10	#2,454
2007	9	#2,543
2006	10	#2,263
2005	4	#4,150
2004	5	#3,356
2003	5	#3,233
2002	0	–
2001	6	#2,587
2000	4	#3,399
1999	4	#3,374
1998	7	#2,304
1997	7	#2,281
1996	16	#1,244

How popular is Dinah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,171st among girls
Babies in 2025: 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady down 22% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Dinah, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 1955, with 346 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Dinah than any year since 1938.

Half of all the girls named Dinah in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 258 girls in the US were given Dinah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #913, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.

Dina 168
Dinah 34
Dena 30
Deena 26

1880Busiest: 346 in 19552025

Dinah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	34	#4,171
2024	38	#3,892
2023	40	#3,761
2022	39	#3,825
2021	50	#3,215
2020	50	#3,141
2019	41	#3,664
2018	52	#3,106
2017	51	#3,145
2016	54	#3,060
2015	60	#2,890
2014	54	#3,078
2013	51	#3,165
2012	48	#3,363
2011	44	#3,549
2010	47	#3,408
2009	68	#2,671
2008	58	#2,994
2007	57	#3,047
2006	60	#2,887
2005	39	#3,726
2004	55	#2,885
2003	69	#2,390
2002	73	#2,248
2001	75	#2,167
2000	65	#2,370
1999	71	#2,130
1998	51	#2,648
1997	43	#2,817
1996	64	#2,122
1995	47	#2,618
1994	51	#2,460
1993	45	#2,671
1992	45	#2,682
1991	41	#2,837
1990	51	#2,397
1989	63	#1,993
1988	68	#1,820
1987	52	#2,097
1986	44	#2,299
1985	63	#1,783
1984	72	#1,565
1983	66	#1,665
1982	64	#1,735
1981	79	#1,515
1980	57	#1,886
1979	85	#1,431
1978	69	#1,569
1977	74	#1,483
1976	81	#1,330
1975	98	#1,175
1974	60	#1,578
1973	78	#1,302
1972	97	#1,133
1971	91	#1,228
1970	103	#1,133
1969	91	#1,169
1968	91	#1,118
1967	88	#1,119
1966	123	#910
1965	143	#832
1964	173	#786
1963	177	#778
1962	208	#716
1961	237	#670
1960	295	#573
1959	298	#566
1958	332	#529
1957	325	#530
1956	333	#511
1955	346	#487
1954	270	#539
1953	257	#539
1952	257	#530
1951	237	#547
1950	248	#516
1949	216	#569
1948	190	#606
1947	217	#580
1946	188	#583
1945	162	#575
1944	188	#529
1943	178	#567
1942	142	#631
1941	69	#876
1940	42	#1,114
1939	35	#1,240
1938	33	#1,268
1937	35	#1,219
1936	26	#1,445
1935	37	#1,162
1934	26	#1,440
1933	35	#1,197
1932	23	#1,597
1931	17	#1,940
1930	22	#1,702
1929	12	#2,586
1928	24	#1,679
1927	21	#1,884
1926	24	#1,720
1925	22	#1,846
1924	30	#1,533
1923	27	#1,598
1922	30	#1,508
1921	31	#1,476
1920	23	#1,751
1919	32	#1,369
1918	21	#1,805
1917	24	#1,552
1916	31	#1,298
1915	21	#1,622
1914	27	#1,175
1913	21	#1,229
1912	23	#1,080
1911	15	#1,171
1910	12	#1,335
1909	9	#1,471
1908	12	#1,203
1907	14	#1,037
1906	6	#1,727
1905	15	#968
1904	14	#965
1903	0	–
1902	12	#1,024
1901	7	#1,339
1900	24	#742
1899	8	#1,180
1898	6	#1,501
1897	13	#895
1896	13	#903
1895	12	#932
1894	11	#950
1893	8	#1,091
1892	7	#1,171
1891	0	–
1890	9	#940
1889	15	#657
1888	12	#753
1887	5	#1,147
1886	7	#897
1885	12	#629
1884	9	#731
1883	9	#651
1882	8	#678
1881	0	–
1880	6	#738

Names like Dinah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Nancy, Sarah, Delilah, Betsy, Deborah, Annie, Bonnie, Polly, Elsie, Elizabeth, Hannah, Connie

Other spellings of Dinah

Dina, Deena, Deenah, Dena

Names related to Dinah

Diona, Danah, Daina, Daniah, Dniyah

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Dinah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dinah, updated 20 October 2026.