# Dima (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dima/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “demetrius” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 489 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 79 / 410 (84% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 170, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian Ди́ма (Díma), a diminutive of the male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij, “Demetrius”).

## 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 | 12 | 9,310 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,934 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,493 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,772 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,064 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,179 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,714 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,084 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,458 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,402 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,239 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,670 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,472 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,705 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7,992 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 9,379 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,835 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,028 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,692 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,908 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,116 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,132 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,243 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,754 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,622 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,045 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,698 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,278 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## 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.