girls:
1.3k births since 1974
#4455 (22nd percentile)
boys:
15 births since 2000
#4571 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1974
#6460 (17th percentile)
The name Dyani is the #6,460 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,282 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 16.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,455 (22.0% percentile) for all time with 1,267 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,571 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 2000.
Dyani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Dyani is available in 48 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (48 years for girls and 3 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 Dyani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 85.7% of babies named Dyani were girls.
For girls, Dyani reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #830) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2011, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Dyani ranks #922 for girls (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 46.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dyani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Dyani is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dyani".
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Our model has identified 19 different pronunciations for the name Dyani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 16.7% confident that Dyani is pronounced as dai-A-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dai-AH-nee, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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