Dinah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Dinah: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 23 years, its highest recorded position is #471, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#471highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dinah's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#2152
1998	#2407
1999	#3225
2000	#3247
2001	#2466
2003	#3594
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#2137
2007	#2410
2008	#2292
2009	#3936
2010	#2843
2011	#4764
2012	#4171
2013	#3160
2014	#3514
2015	#2195
2016	#3609
2017	#5765
2018	#2674
2019	#2170
2020	#3899
2021	#4634
2022	#3533
2023	#3218
2024	#4192

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dinah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Dinah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	33	4 of 10	8
2000s	57	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	72	10 of 10	7
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Dinah 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 2 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #471 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Dinah'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1972 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #471, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 24 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.

Dimitris · #1692, 26y
Dina · #50, 70y
Dinis · #2325, 13y
Dino · #1498, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Carmela · #471, 27y
Indianna · #471, 29y
Mohsin · #471, 29y
Siona · #471, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Carmela · #471, 27y
Siona · #471, 25y
Eugenie · #467, 29y
Blanche · #466, 12y

Dinah was ranked #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1972. 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.

Dinah 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 Dinah without appearing here.

Dinah moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2137 and #5061.
Ollie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2137 and #5061.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Dinah

Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #965.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Dinah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dinah went from #1168 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dinah went from #1168 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dinah went from #1168 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dinah went from #1168 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Dinah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dinah went from #1168 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dinah went from #1168 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dinah went from #1168 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dinah went from #1168 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #471 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dinah

Dinah at a glance

What stands out in Dinah's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dinah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dinah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Dinah at a glance

What stands out in Dinah's record

Dinah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dinah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Dinah

Dinah and the names beside it

Dinah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dinah

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