girls:
2.2k births since 1948
#3682 (36th percentile)
boys:
112 births since 1971
#4474 (2nd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1948
#5511 (29th percentile)
The name Dia is the #5,511 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,292 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 28.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,682 (35.6% percentile) for all time with 2,180 births since 1948. For boys, it ranks #4,474 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 112 births since 1971.
Dia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (1948 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Dia is available in 74 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023 (74 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Dia reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #903) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 32 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dia is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #898 (5.2% percentile) with 31 births per million.
For boys, Dia reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #652) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Dia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 9 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Diya" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Diya..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.6% confident that Dia is pronounced as DEE-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAI-uh, at 23.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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