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 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 718 babies (rank #30 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

12,359

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

718

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

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with D

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	44	#279
1953	61	#229
1954	51	#263
1955	59	#242
1956	75	#208
1957	100	#168
1958	149	#124
1959	168	#111
1960	206	#88
1961	242	#83
1962	331	#60
1963	344	#56
1964	379	#53
1965	409	#45
1966	480	#41
1967	540	#38
1968	631	#32
1969	650	#34
1970	718	#30
1971	663	#29
1972	577	#34
1973	508	#33
1974	499	#33
1975	427	#36
1976	403	#43
1977	365	#46
1978	334	#48
1979	282	#60
1980	298	#60
1981	298	#58
1982	254	#66
1983	207	#79
1984	161	#112
1985	137	#124
1986	129	#137
1987	98	#171
1988	87	#183
1989	84	#201
1990	79	#209
1991	76	#221
1992	62	#255
1993	66	#247
1994	57	#269
1995	37	#367
1996	39	#347
1997	47	#311
1998	39	#360
1999	31	#409
2000	36	#372
2001	33	#391
2002	33	#394
2003	40	#332
2004	24	#457
2005	25	#428
2006	20	#491
2007	34	#333
2008	25	#424
2009	23	#434
2010	23	#422
2011	20	#446
2012	16	#482
2013	15	#494
2014	11	#568