Diamond
Diamond was the 2024th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 94 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 150th with 2,160 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,010 places. More babies were named Diamond in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning diamond (the gem) · English, Greek
Say it DY-mund /ˈdaɪmənd/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,024 girls, down 689 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 94girls
- Girls and boys
- 73% girls, 27% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19992,160 babies
- Total since 1880
- 36,297babies recorded
What does the name Diamond mean?
Diamond is a word name taken from the gemstone. The word comes through Old French and Medieval Latin from Greek adamas, "unconquerable, the hardest metal". DMNES records Diamond as a medieval woman's name in Italy, so it is older than it looks. In the US Diamond was most popular as a girls' name from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. As a surname it has separate German and Irish sources.
ἀδάμας (Ancient Greek, “adamant, unconquerable”)diamas (Medieval Latin, “diamond”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Diamante, Dimond.
See also: English names, names that mean jewel.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Diamond', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Diamond', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Diamond (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Diamond popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,024 | #3,200 | 94 | 37 |
| 2020 | #1,335 | #3,152 | 165 | 36 |
| 2010 | #633 | #3,391 | 463 | 32 |
| 2000 | #162 | #2,230 | 2,081 | 44 |
| 1990 | #429 | #1,327 | 591 | 70 |
| 1980 | #1,846 | #1,916 | 59 | 29 |
| 1970 | — | #3,593 | — | 8 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | #2,826 | — | 8 |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | #2,827 | — | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,957 | #2,818 | 11 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,986 | — | 7 | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Diamond, counting every spelling?
Diamond is the most common spelling of a name family that had 99 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 99 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond | 94 | #2,024 | 640 |
| Dymond | 5 | #15,541 | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Diamond?
94 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Diamond (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Diamond born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 89 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Diamond.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Diamond?
About 33,100 people born in the US named Diamond are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 22 and 31. That makes Diamond mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Diamond by state
How common Diamond was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (1.9×), Tennessee (1.9×). In 31 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Diamond: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Diamond, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Diamond · Sibling names for Diamond
Questions about the name Diamond
What does Diamond mean?
Diamond means “diamond (the gem)” (English, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Diamond?
Diamond was the 2024th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 94 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 150th with 2,160 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,010 places. More babies were named Diamond in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Diamond a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 73% girls, 27% boys given the name Diamond in the US.
Where is Diamond most popular?
In 2021–2025, Diamond was most common in Louisiana (0.18 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Tennessee.