Dianne

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dianne: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dianne: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #14, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#14highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for
7names it appears alongside

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2005	#2970
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2011	#5785
2014	#4003
2021	#5581
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 21 of the 35 years from 1967 to 2001.

In 1971: #88 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #349 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #14 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1972
Highest recorded position: #14 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1972).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dianne appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 5,139 births with the name.

Dianne across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dianne's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#354 (1967)	#326 (1970)	#606 (2001)	21 of 35	101 (1967–2001)	8 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#2970 (2005)	#5891 (2024)	10 of 23	36 (2002–2024)	6 (2005)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#14 (1952)	#14 (1952)	#97 (1972)	21 of 21	5,139 (1952–1972)	457 (1952)
New Zealand · Girls	#27 (1954)	#26 (1956)	#88 (1968)	15 of 15	2,314 (1954–1968)	223 (1956)

Dianne by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dianne in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950sbusiest	2,802	8 of 10	350
1960s	2,009	10 of 10	201
1970s	328	3 of 10	109

Across New South Wales, Australia · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 350 births a year.

See the names New South Wales, Australiahas recorded the most births with →

Dianne appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #14 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Dianne's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	185	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	212	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	251	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	209	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	239	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	274	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	237	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	264	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	314	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	280	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	342	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	363	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	371	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#20	411	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#14	457	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New Zealand	female	#88	80	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#90	71	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#72	90	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#65	103	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#54	133	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#55	135	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#44	158	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#42	172	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#41	165	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#41	170	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#35	186	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#34	190	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#26	223	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#27	220	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#27	218	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #14, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 21 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 457 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 50 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Diane · #16, 73y
Dianna · #497, 14y
Diar · #2088, 16y
Diarmaid · #142, 50y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gail · #15, 47y
Saoirse · #12, 52y
Vicki · #12, 53y
Meabh · #17, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Aurora · #14, 46y
Lorraine · #14, 73y
Phillip · #14, 74y
Brett · #15, 68y

Comparisons involving Dianne

Existing comparison pages where Dianne and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Dianne within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Dianne vs Kathleen
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Dianne and Kathleen averaged 10.3 places apart, ending at #97 and #67.
Dianne · Kathleen · 21 shared years, 1952–1972 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1972 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Cheryl vs Dianne
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Cheryl and Dianne averaged 11.0 places apart, ending at #94 and #97.
Cheryl · Dianne · 21 shared years, 1952–1972 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1972 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Kerry vs Dianne
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Kerry and Dianne averaged 12.1 places apart, ending at #79 and #97.
Kerry · Dianne · 21 shared years, 1952–1972 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1972 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Dianne measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Dianne at its highest position.

Christine vs Dianne
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Christine #1 in 1952, Dianne #14 in 1952.
Christine · Dianne · 21 shared years, 1952–1972 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1952 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Susan vs Dianne
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Susan #1 in 1954, Dianne #14 in 1952.
Susan · Dianne · 21 shared years, 1952–1972 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1954 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Mary vs Dianne
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Mary and Dianne averaged 12.9 places apart, ending at #70 and #97.
Mary · Dianne · 21 shared years, 1952–1972 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1972 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Dianne was ranked #14 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dianne and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dianne without appearing here.

Dianne moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #4684.
Violet Compare
In 1980 they stood at #542 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #386 and #533.

Moved ahead of Dianne

Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Robyn Compare
In 1987 they stood at #421 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1988 that had become #492 and #237.
Renee Compare
In 2000 they stood at #386 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #606 and #369.
Lena Compare
In 1994 they stood at #456 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #516 and #296.

Moved the opposite way to Dianne

Aisling Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dianne went from #354 to #606 while Aisling went from #107 to #23.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dianne went from #354 to #606 while Alexandra went from #228 to #68.
Amy Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dianne went from #354 to #606 while Amy went from #393 to #8.
Aoife Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dianne went from #354 to #606 while Aoife went from #189 to #2.

Moved the same way as Dianne

Audrey Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dianne went from #354 to #606 and Audrey from #44 to #441.
Bernadette Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dianne went from #354 to #606 and Bernadette from #17 to #498.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dianne went from #354 to #606 and Deirdre from #9 to #166.
Eileen Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dianne went from #354 to #606 and Eileen from #21 to #225.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #14 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dianne

Dianne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dianne across 4 official records

Dianne by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Dianne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Dianne

Closest long-running positions

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Dianne

Dianne and the names beside it

Dianne moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dianne

Moved the opposite way to Dianne

Moved the same way as Dianne

Dianne at a glance

Dianne across 4 official records

Dianne by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Dianne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Dianne

Closest long-running positions

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Dianne

Dianne and the names beside it

Dianne moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dianne

Moved the opposite way to Dianne

Moved the same way as Dianne