Dian
Dian was the 7310th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 3865th; the most babies were born in 2020 (20). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,644 places. More babies were named Dian in the 1940s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,310 boys, down 2,567 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202020 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,578babies recorded
Dian popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #7,310 | — | 11 |
| 2020 | — | #4,743 | — | 20 |
| 2010 | — | #9,004 | — | 8 |
| 2000 | #11,016 | — | 8 | — |
| 1990 | #10,517 | — | 7 | — |
| 1980 | #6,018 | — | 11 | — |
| 1970 | #2,053 | — | 40 | — |
| 1960 | #1,047 | — | 105 | — |
| 1950 | #637 | — | 180 | — |
| 1940 | #630 | — | 125 | — |
| 1930 | #1,540 | — | 26 | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Dian, counting every spelling?
Dian is a spelling of Dion, a name family that ranked #1,122 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #7,310 for Dian on its own. Together these spellings went to 174 boys in 2025.
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 Dian?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dian (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dian 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 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dian.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dian?
About 200 people born in the US named Dian are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 17. That makes Dian a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Dian: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dian, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Dian
How popular is the name Dian?
Dian was the 7310th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 3865th; the most babies were born in 2020 (20). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,644 places. More babies were named Dian in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Is Dian a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Dian in the US.