girls:
9.8k births since 1931
#1608 (72nd percentile)
boys:
440 births since 1967
#4146 (10th percentile)
overall:
10.3k births since 1931
#2632 (66th percentile)
The name Dionne is the #2,632 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,269 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 66.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,608 (71.9% percentile) for all time with 9,829 births since 1931. For boys, it ranks #4,146 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 440 births since 1967.
Dionne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (1931 for girls and 1967 for boys). Birth data for Dionne is available in 92 out of the 93 years between 1931 and 2023 (92 years for girls and 43 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 Dionne has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 76.2% of babies named Dionne were girls.
For girls, Dionne reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 60.1% percentile (ranked #309) with 456 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 456 births per million (ranked 60.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dionne ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 2.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dionne reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #649) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dionne ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 21.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dionne".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Dionne", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 22 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Dion" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Dion..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dionne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.8% confident that Dionne is pronounced as dee-AHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-ahn, at 19.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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