Dian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dian: Recorded since 2004, it reached #2,954 in 2013, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2954highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3970
2008	#5545
2023	#5687

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 boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3009 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2954 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dian appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 57 births with the name.

Dian across 2 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.

Dian'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
England and Wales · Boys	#3009 (2004)	#2954 (2013)	#5119 (2024)	13 of 21	57 (2004–2024)	6 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#3970 (2005)	#3970 (2005)	#5687 (2023)	3 of 19	10 (2005–2023)	4 (2005)

Dian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Dian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	25	6 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dian appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2954 in England and Wales in 2013.

Dian'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	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,954, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

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.

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Diane · #16, 73y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aban · #2954, 13y
Esrom · #2954, 13y
Frantisek · #2954, 12y
Iliyas · #2954, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aban · #2954, 13y
Esrom · #2954, 13y
Frantisek · #2954, 12y
Iliyas · #2954, 13y

Dian 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 Dian without appearing here.

Dian moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #4608.
Brooke Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #3822.
Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3334 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #3990.

Moved ahead of Dian

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2954 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #2556.
Henrik Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3009 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #3158.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #3112.
Rune Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4023 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #4749.

Moved the opposite way to Dian

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dian went from #3009 to #5119 while Albie went from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dian went from #3009 to #5119 while Alfred went from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dian went from #3009 to #5119 while Archie went from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dian went from #3009 to #5119 while Arlo went from #875 to #15.

Moved the same way as Dian

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dian went from #3009 to #5119 and Aaron from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dian went from #3009 to #5119 and Adam from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dian went from #3009 to #5119 and Alan from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dian went from #3009 to #5119 and Alex from #46 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2954 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dian

Dian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dian across 2 official records

Dian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Dian moved ahead of

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Dian at a glance

Dian across 2 official records

Dian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Dian and the names beside it

Dian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dian

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