# Dian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dian/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,578 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 209 / 5,369 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 75, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 10 | 8,231 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10,885 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,825 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10,881 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,168 |
| 1998 | 10 | 8,773 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11,711 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,016 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,016 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,366 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10,928 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,140 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,392 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,769 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,171 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 9,004 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9,904 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,748 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,619 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,954 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,055 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,058 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,326 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,375 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,743 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,341 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,492 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,395 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,496 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,310 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Dian

- Dian Fossey, American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
- Li Dian, Chinese military general (c.180 – c.217)
- Dian Bachar, American actor

## 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.