girls:
5.4k births since 1912
#2290 (60th percentile)
boys:
181 births since 1952
#4405 (4th percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1912
#3653 (53rd percentile)
The name Dian is the #3,653 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,549 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 52.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,290 (59.9% percentile) for all time with 5,368 births since 1912. For boys, it ranks #4,405 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 181 births since 1952.
Dian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 1952 for boys). Birth data for Dian is available in 99 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (86 years for girls and 22 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 Dian has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Dian were girls. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for girls (99.3% girls from 1912 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (92.9% boys from 2008 to 2023).
For girls, Dian reached its peak popularity in 1946, achieving the 38.5% percentile (ranked #406) with 178 births per million. The name was most common in 1946, with 178 births per million (ranked 38.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
For boys, Dian reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #886) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dian ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 55.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dian".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Dian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.3% confident that Dian is pronounced as DAI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAI-an, at 21.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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