Dianne
Dianne is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Dianne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dianne 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 Dianne
Dianne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1911, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1947: 4,415 births, good for #83 nationwide. About 36% of every Dianne on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Dianne ranks #7,706 for baby girls with 13 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 95K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Dianne
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About the name Dianne
Dianne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 95K births in the dataset. Dianne's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #72. Use the chart and map above to compare Dianne'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.