# Dinah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dinah/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “judged”, “vindicated” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdaɪnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,509 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,509 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 193, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew דִּינָה (dīna, "judged, vindicated"); see דין.

## 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 | 44 | 3,562 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,384 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,186 |
| 2014 | 54 | 3,089 |
| 2015 | 60 | 2,896 |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,070 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,165 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,120 |
| 2019 | 41 | 3,682 |
| 2020 | 50 | 3,157 |
| 2021 | 50 | 3,228 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,843 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,786 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,911 |
| 2025 | 34 | 4,198 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Dinah

- Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (1916-1994)
- Dinah Craik, British novelist and poet (1826–1887)
- Dinah Jane, American singer (born 1997)
- Dinah Manoff, American actress and director
- Dinah Sheridan, British actress (1920–2012)
- Dinah Eckerle, German handball player
- Cleo Laine, English jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)
- Claude Mossé, French historian of antiquity and hellenist (1924-2022)

## 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.