Dinh
Dinh is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Dinh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dinh is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Dinh
American parents first put Dinh on the record books as a baby boy name in 1982, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 6 Dinhs were born — ranking #5,620 that year. About 40% of every Dinh on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Dinh last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 65 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Dinh
Dinh is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 65 births in the dataset. Dinh's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #5,620. Use the chart and map above to compare Dinh'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.