# Diamond (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/diamond/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dimond |
| US babies named this | 36,297 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,564 / 33,733 (93% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 355, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As a female given name, from diamond (gemstone). * As a German surname, Anglicized form of Diamant. * As a Irish surname, Anglicized form of Irish Ó Diamáin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 363 | 759 |
| 2012 | 347 | 787 |
| 2013 | 395 | 707 |
| 2014 | 308 | 884 |
| 2015 | 264 | 1,014 |
| 2016 | 228 | 1,115 |
| 2017 | 227 | 1,109 |
| 2018 | 218 | 1,124 |
| 2019 | 192 | 1,220 |
| 2020 | 165 | 1,335 |
| 2021 | 154 | 1,412 |
| 2022 | 133 | 1,593 |
| 2023 | 130 | 1,606 |
| 2024 | 129 | 1,614 |
| 2025 | 94 | 2,024 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,715 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,305 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,504 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,427 |
| 2015 | 35 | 3,248 |
| 2016 | 34 | 3,312 |
| 2017 | 30 | 3,609 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4,117 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,370 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,152 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,929 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2,526 |
| 2023 | 43 | 2,909 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,451 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,200 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Diamond

- Diamond Foxxx, American pornographic actress
- Diamond Jackson, American pornographic actress
- Diamond Stone, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Diamond DeShields, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Diamond Miller, American basketball player (born 2001)
- Mario Judah, American record producer and singer (born 1999)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.