girls:
1.8k births since 1939
#3979 (30th percentile)
boys:
109 births since 1989
#4477 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1939
#5851 (24th percentile)
The name Dyan is the #5,851 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,913 recorded births since 1939. This represents the 24.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,979 (30.4% percentile) for all time with 1,804 births since 1939. For boys, it ranks #4,477 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 109 births since 1989.
Dyan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1939 (1939 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Dyan is available in 75 out of the 85 years between 1939 and 2023 (62 years for girls and 19 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 Dyan has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Dyan were girls. Interestingly, until around 2014, the name was more popular for girls (97.0% girls from 1939 to 2013), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2014 to 2023).
For girls, Dyan reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 15.9% percentile (ranked #650) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 70 births per million (ranked 15.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
For boys, Dyan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #906) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dyan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #906 (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dyan".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Dyan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.0% confident that Dyan is pronounced as DEE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAI-uhn, at 28.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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