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Girl · Name family

Diana

1,331,771births recorded
28Countries
15Variants
1952Peak · South Australia
#23Italy 2025

Diana is a girl name family recorded 1,331,771 times in 28 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Italy (#23 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in South Australia in 1952, at 1,782.9 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Diane (United States, Ontario, France), Dianne (New South Wales).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Diana

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Diane English 520,034 🇺🇸 United States #2607 1955 ▼ 20 %
Diane English 24,580 🇫🇷 France #69 2024 ▲ 97 %
Diane English 18,531 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1952 –
Diane English 4,767 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 1953 –
Diane English 4,591 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1944 –
Diane English 2,214 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland – 1974 –
Diana English 369,771 🇺🇸 United States #244 1946 ▲ 31 %
Diana English 56,333 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan #76 2000 ▼ 65 %
Diana English 53,077 🇦🇷 Argentina #316 1954 ▼ 8 %
Diana English 11,921 🇨🇦 Ontario #250 1958 ▲ 25 %
Diana English 10,230 🇫🇷 France #171 2025 ▲ 173 %
Diana English 8,588 🇪🇸 Spain #73 2005 –
Dianne English 95,475 🇺🇸 United States #5722 1945 ▼ 10 %
Dianne English 7,859 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1945 –
Dianne English 5,139 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 1952 –
Dianne English 3,538 🇦🇺 South Australia – 1952 –
Dianne English 1,633 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1945 –
Dianne English 364 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland – 1974 –
Dianna English 56,356 🇺🇸 United States #2564 1948 ▼ 35 %
Dianna English 1,286 🇨🇦 Ontario #1585 1946 new
Dianna English 462 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1947 –
Dianna English 125 🇫🇷 France #3563 2023 ▲ 27 %
Dianna English 43 🇨🇦 Alberta – 1985 –
Dianna English 40 🇦🇺 South Australia – 1962 –
Diann English 12,252 🇺🇸 United States – 1947 –
Diann English 104 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1940 –
Dian English 5,369 🇺🇸 United States – 1946 –
Dian English 197 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1941 –
Dian English 53 🇦🇷 Argentina #1721 2015 –
Dyana English 1,907 🇺🇸 United States – 2004 –
Dyana English 235 🇫🇷 France #2067 2023 ▲ 279 %
Dyan English 1,928 🇺🇸 United States #8910 1970 ▲ 71 %
Dyan English 25 🇦🇷 Argentina #2517 2014 –
Dyan English 10 🇫🇷 France – 2024 –
Dyanna English 1,721 🇺🇸 United States #14942 2005 ▼ 65 %
Dyanna English 20 🇫🇷 France – 2023 –
Diyana Kazakh 1,244 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan #738 2005 ▼ 57 %
Diyana Kazakh 190 🇫🇷 France #3048 2019 ▲ 26 %
Diyana Kazakh 139 🇺🇸 United States – 2023 –
Diyana Kazakh 136 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #2277 2022 ▲ 195 %
Diyana Kazakh 5 🇧🇪 Belgium – 2020 –
Dyann English 994 🇺🇸 United States – 1951 –
Dyanne English 991 🇺🇸 United States – 1948 –
Dianah English 449 🇺🇸 United States – 1958 –
Dyane English 387 🇺🇸 United States – 1948 –
Dyane English 45 🇫🇷 France – 2020 –
Diahann English 354 🇺🇸 United States – 1969 –

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in South Australia correlates closely with Diana's.

  1. 1Gary
  2. 2Graham
  3. 3Barry
  4. 4Peter
  5. 5Debra
  6. 6Deborah

How we grouped these names

  • Diane ↔ Diana — checked by hand
  • Dianna ↔ Diann — verified against linguistic sources
  • Diana ↔ Dian — verified against linguistic sources
  • Diana ↔ Dianna — spelling variant
  • Diana ↔ Dyana — spelling variant
  • Diana ↔ Dyanna — spelling variant
  • Diana ↔ Diyana — spelling variant
  • Diana ↔ Dianah — spelling variant
  • Diann ↔ Dyan — spelling variant
  • Diann ↔ Dyann — spelling variant
  • Diann ↔ Diahann — spelling variant
  • Diane ↔ Dianne — spelling variant
  • Diane ↔ Dyanne — spelling variant
  • Diane ↔ Dyane — spelling variant

Questions about Diana

How popular is the name Diana?

In 2025 it ranked #23 in Italy. Official registers record 1,331,771 births across 28 countries.

What is Diana in other languages?

Diane (English); Dianne (English); Dianna (English); Diann (English); Dian (English); Dyana (English); Dyan (English); Dyanna (English); Diyana (Kazakh); Dyann (English).

When was Diana most popular?

It peaked in South Australia in 1952, at 1,782.9 births per 100,000.

Is Diana a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Diana is a girl name.