Di
Di is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Di
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Di is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Di
As a girl name
American parents first put Di on the record books as a girl name in 1946, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1958, when 7 Dis were born — ranking #4,889 that year. About 40% of every Di on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Di last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 57 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Di first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1998, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 8 births, good for #7,138 nationwide. Di last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Di
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Di. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Di
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About the name Di
Di is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1946 and has accumulated 57 births in the dataset. Di's peak popularity came in 1958 when it ranked #4,889. Use the chart and map above to compare Di's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.