Diane

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Diane: Recorded every year since 1952, its highest recorded position is #16, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
119times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#16highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for
12names it appears alongside

What stands out in Diane's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#983
1998	#1211
1999	#1317
2000	#1475
2001	#2466
2002	#1530
2003	#1472
2004	#1952
2005	#2970
2006	#2509
2007	#2627
2008	#2022
2009	#3031
2010	#2392
2011	#2893
2012	#2717
2013	#2649
2014	#2862
2015	#2496
2016	#3609
2017	#2201
2018	#3178
2019	#2458
2020	#3899
2021	#2499
2022	#3148
2023	#2504
2024	#2411

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 49 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2023: #727 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2504 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #21 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 recorded1954–1973
Highest recorded position: #16 among girls in New Zealand, in 1954 (recorded 1954–1973).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Diane appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 49 ranked years and 1,064 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Diane across 5 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.

Diane'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	#215 (1964)	#126 (1983)	#727 (2023)	49 of 60	1,064 (1964–2023)	61 (1981)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#983 (1997)	#2411 (2024)	29 of 29	286 (1996–2024)	21 (1997)
New Zealand · Girls	#16 (1954)	#16 (1954)	#82 (1973)	20 of 20	3,952 (1954–1973)	301 (1958)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#21 (1952)	#17 (1953)	#100 (1970)	19 of 19	4,767 (1952–1970)	446 (1953)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#229 (1998)	#229 (1998)	2 of 2	12 (1997–1998)	6 (1997)

Diane by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Diane in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	98	6 of 10	16
1970sbusiest	417	10 of 10	42
1980s	368	10 of 10	37
1990s	118	10 of 10	12
2000s	39	7 of 10	6
2010s	17	4 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 42 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1983 and 1984, when recorded births fell by 26, from 55 to 29.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Diane 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 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #16 in New Zealand in 1954.

Diane'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	185	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	227	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	230	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	258	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	274	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	252	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	256	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	305	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	337	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	329	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	316	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#22	383	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#17	446	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#21	412	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New Zealand	female	#82	75	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#85	74	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#85	82	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	female	#61	108	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#60	107	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#51	128	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#37	158	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#32	194	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#30	206	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#32	205	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#33	212	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#33	220	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#30	233	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#26	261	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#25	261	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#19	301	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#21	273	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#21	275	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#19	289	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#16	290	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	18	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	17	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	26	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	23	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	25	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	35	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	27	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	29	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	55	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	38	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	61	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	55	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	53	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	52	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	58	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	47	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	40	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	52	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	39	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	19	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	31	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	27	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	17	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	18	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	11	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	12	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
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #16, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 22 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 446 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 45 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.

Dian · #2954, 14y
Diana · #66, 74y
Dianna · #497, 14y
Dianne · #14, 48y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Barry · #17, 74y
Brett · #15, 68y
Geoffrey · #15, 73y
Keith · #17, 74y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Alexandra · #16, 64y
Francis · #16, 73y
Murray · #16, 50y
Barry · #17, 74y

Comparisons involving Diane

Existing comparison pages where Diane 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 Diane within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Heather vs Diane
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Heather and Diane averaged 6.5 places apart, ending at #77 and #82.
Heather · Diane · 20 shared years, 1954–1973 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking
Patricia vs Diane
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Patricia and Diane averaged 8.6 places apart, ending at #73 and #82.
Patricia · Diane · 20 shared years, 1954–1973 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking
Diane vs Denise
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Diane and Denise averaged 8.8 places apart, ending at #82 and #86.
Diane · Denise · 20 shared years, 1954–1973 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Diane and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Lisa vs Diane
In 1966, Lisa moved ahead of Diane in New Zealand · Girls — #31 and #30 the year before became #7 and #32.
Lisa · Diane · 12 shared years, 1962–1973 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1966 New Zealand ranking
Megan vs Diane
In New Zealand · Girls, Megan moved into the top 50 at #27 in 1968 as Diane fell out of it to #51, having been #37 the year before.
Megan · Diane · 12 shared years, 1962–1973 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking
Louise vs Diane
In New Zealand · Girls, Louise moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1968 as Diane fell out of it to #51, having been #37 the year before.
Louise · Diane · 20 shared years, 1954–1973 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Diane measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Diane at its highest position.

Mary vs Diane
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Mary and Diane averaged 9.3 places apart, ending at #66 and #82.
Mary · Diane · 20 shared years, 1954–1973 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking
Margaret vs Diane
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Margaret and Diane averaged 9.8 places apart, ending at #81 and #82.
Margaret · Diane · 20 shared years, 1954–1973 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking
Diane vs Alison
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Diane and Alison averaged 11.9 places apart, ending at #82 and #83.
Diane · Alison · 20 shared years, 1954–1973 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Diane was ranked #16 in New Zealand · Girls in 1954. 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.

Diane 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 Diane without appearing here.

Diane moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Levi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Diane

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Selma Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2163.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Diane

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Diane went from #215 to #727 while Ada went from #372 to #34.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Diane went from #215 to #727 while Amelia went from #300 to #8.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Diane went from #215 to #727 while Annie went from #112 to #48.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Diane went from #215 to #727 while Aoife went from #206 to #31.

Moved the same way as Diane

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Diane went from #215 to #727 and Alma from #327 to #625.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Diane went from #215 to #727 and Amanda from #118 to #495.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Diane went from #215 to #727 and Angela from #24 to #555.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Diane went from #215 to #727 and Audrey from #85 to #856.

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 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #16 in New Zealand in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Diane

Diane at a glance

What stands out in Diane's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Diane across 5 official records

Diane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Diane 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 Diane

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Diane

Diane and the names beside it

Diane moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Diane

Moved the opposite way to Diane

Moved the same way as Diane

Diane at a glance

What stands out in Diane's record

Diane across 5 official records

Diane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Diane 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 Diane

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Diane

Diane and the names beside it

Diane moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Diane

Moved the opposite way to Diane

Moved the same way as Diane