girls:
3.8k births since 1951
#2812 (51st percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1989
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1951
#4473 (42nd percentile)
The name Dionna is the #4,473 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,772 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 42.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,812 (50.8% percentile) for all time with 3,767 births since 1951. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1989.
Dionna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (1951 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Dionna is available in 63 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023 (63 years for girls and 1 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 Dionna has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Dionna reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 18.7% percentile (ranked #687) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 84 births per million (ranked 18.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dionna ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 10.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dionna reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dionna".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dionna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.6% confident that Dionna is pronounced as dee-AH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dai-AH-nuh, at 24.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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