girls:
33.5k births since 1908
#758 (87th percentile)
boys:
2.5k births since 1897
#2542 (45th percentile)
overall:
36k births since 1897
#1321 (83rd percentile)
The name Diamond is the #1,321 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 35,973 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 82.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #758 (86.8% percentile) for all time with 33,502 births since 1908. For boys, it ranks #2,542 (44.5% percentile) for all time with 2,471 births since 1897.
Diamond first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (1897 for boys and 1908 for girls). Birth data for Diamond is available in 103 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023 (93 years for boys and 83 years for girls). 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 Diamond has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 75.1% of babies named Diamond were girls. Interestingly, until around 1908, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1897 to 1907), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (93.2% girls from 1908 to 2023).
For girls, Diamond reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 83.2% percentile (ranked #150) with 1,110 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 1,110 births per million (ranked 83.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2001, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Diamond ranks #822 for girls (13.2% percentile) with 74 births per million, which is 6.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Diamond reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 12.4% percentile (ranked #680) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 50 births per million (ranked 12.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Diamond ranks #873 for boys (4.2% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 47.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Diamond".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Diamond. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.5% confident that Diamond is pronounced as DAI-muhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAI-uh-muhnd, at 41.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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