Diana

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Diana is a feminine given name of Latin and Greek origins, referring to the Roman goddess Diana, goddess of the hunt and the moon.

From Wikipedia

Diana first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 20 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 128 babies (rank #88 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Diana

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Diana yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

2Destiny numberThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,535

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

128

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Anne of Green Gables: Diana Barry — Anne's 'bosom friend'
In The Crown: Diana, Princess of Wales

Famous people named Diana

Diana, Princess of Walesmental health advocate · b. 1961
Diana Rosssinger · b. 1944
Diana Riggfilm actor · b. 1938
Diana Wynne Jonesscience fiction writer · b. 1934
Diana Kralljazz singer · b. 1964

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	81	#89
1953	73	#95
1957	74	#95
1958	113	#71
1959	81	#94
1960	128	#88
1961	97	#96
1962	102	#93
1963	103	#91
1964	103	#88
1965	109	#89
1966	93	#95
1968	99	#94
1981	101	#90
1982	86	#95
1983	77	#101
2014	2	#662
2015	2	#630
2016	6	#265
2017	5	#284