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Diva

Girl · DEE-va · Latin

Diva is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “goddess; divine one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).

What does Diva mean?

Latin: Italian word, from Latin diva 'goddess'

“goddess; divine one”

In Italian opera, diva came to mean a celebrated leading soprano.

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DEE-va

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

Diva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Diva in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 250% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Diva, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 girls.

Half of all the girls named Diva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 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 3,332nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 7 in 20092025
Diva in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20247#3,381
20230–
20220–
20210–
20203#5,734
20190–
20181#7,536
20170–
20163#6,009
20150–
20144#4,888
20136#3,719
20126#3,881
20115#4,244
20101#7,520
20097#3,201
20083#5,772
20075#3,858
20063#5,259
20054#4,150
20040–
20030–
20025#3,047
20010–
20005#2,907
19990–
19981#5,152
19970–
19965#2,815

How popular is Diva in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,360among girls
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 130,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Diva, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.

Half of all the girls named Diva in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1917Busiest: 24 in 19932025
Diva in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#8,360
202416#6,928
202315#7,242
20228#11,225
202112#8,459
20207#12,137
201911#9,106
201815#7,405
201715#7,438
201615#7,599
201513#8,443
201417#6,985
20138#11,964
201210#10,424
201111#9,719
201016#7,510
200911#9,971
200818#7,069
200714#8,516
20066#15,147
20055#16,455
200411#9,259
200311#9,043
200211#8,831
200111#8,751
200011#8,527
199915#6,478
199811#8,011
199721#4,815
199613#6,718
199512#7,036
199423#4,371
199324#4,252
199211#7,504
199112#6,969
19908#9,241
198916#5,280
198818#4,648
198713#5,608
198616#4,721
19856#9,304
198414#4,965
198312#5,456
19828#7,467
19817#8,126
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19765#9,282
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19708#5,817
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19655#6,538
19640–
19637#5,295
19626#5,859
19610–
19607#5,167
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19295#4,568
19280–
19275#4,803
19260–
19250–
19246#4,432
19230–
19227#4,009
19210–
19200–
19190–
19180–
19177#3,711

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