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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Dinah

Dinah was the 4198th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1955, when it ranked 488th with 346 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,302 places. More babies were named Dinah in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,198 girls, down 1,041 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
34girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1955346 babies
Total since 1880
10,509babies recorded

Dinah popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#4,19834
2020#3,15750
2010#3,42847
2000#2,38165
1990#2,41151
1980#1,88957
1970#1,136103
1960#574295
1950#517248
1940#1,12042
1930#1,71522
1920#1,76523
1910#1,35612
1900#74724
1890#9569
1880#7696

How popular is Dinah, counting every spelling?

Dinah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Dinah?

34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dinah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Dinah 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 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dinah.

Chance of another Dinah in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Dinah?

About 8,000 people born in the US named Dinah are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 39 and 71. That makes Dinah a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Dinah by state

How common Dinah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Dinah, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Dinah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dinah, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Dinah

How popular is the name Dinah?

Dinah was the 4198th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1955, when it ranked 488th with 346 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,302 places. More babies were named Dinah in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Dinah a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Dinah in the US.

Where is Dinah most popular?

In 2021–2025, Dinah was most common in New York (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.