# Diane (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/diane/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /₍ˌ₎daɪˈæn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Diann, Dianne |
| US babies named this | 520,034 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,383 / 518,651 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 295, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An anglicization of French Diane, from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Diana

## 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 | 127 | 1,667 |
| 2012 | 121 | 1,716 |
| 2013 | 109 | 1,853 |
| 2014 | 123 | 1,709 |
| 2015 | 92 | 2,105 |
| 2016 | 101 | 1,976 |
| 2017 | 87 | 2,189 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,487 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,461 |
| 2020 | 75 | 2,348 |
| 2021 | 107 | 1,865 |
| 2022 | 84 | 2,230 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,829 |
| 2024 | 83 | 2,250 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,620 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 11 | 3,457 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,073 |
| 1981 | 11 | 3,667 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,832 |
| 1983 | 11 | 3,681 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,661 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,810 |
| 1986 | 15 | 3,171 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,089 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,326 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,286 |
| 1990 | 8 | 5,987 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,541 |
| 1992 | 5 | 8,767 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,013 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Diane

- Diane Keaton, American actress and film director (1946–2025)
- Diane Kruger, German actress and model (born 1976)
- Diane Lane, American actress
- Diane Arbus, American photographer (1923–1971)
- Diane Ladd, American actress (1935–2025)
- Diane de Poitiers, French noblewoman and courtier (c.1499-1566)
- Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-born American fashion designer (born 1946)
- Diane Baker, American actress
- Diane Ackerman, author, poet, and naturalist
- Diane Warren, American songwriter (born 1956)
- Diane Abbott, British MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (born 1953)
- Diane Sawyer, American journalist

## 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.