girls:
380 births since 1983
#5336 (7th percentile)
boys:
73 births since 1996
#4513 (2nd percentile)
overall:
453 births since 1983
#7286 (6th percentile)
The name Dima is the #7,286 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 453 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 5.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,336 (6.6% percentile) for all time with 380 births since 1983. For boys, it ranks #4,513 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 73 births since 1996.
Dima first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Dima is available in 32 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 12 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 Dima has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 61.5% of babies named Dima were girls.
For girls, Dima reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #936) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dima ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 34.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dima reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #877) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dima ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 61.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dima".
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