DYE-nah
Dinah
About Dinah
The name Dinah peaked for girls at #488 in 1955. The name is most popular in North Carolina, New York, and New York.
Pronounced DYE-nah. 2 syllables.
As of September 2026, Dinah ranked #4198 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #488 in 1955, Nameberry popularity #869.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,089 | 54 | 30.2 |
| 2015 | #2,896 | 60 | 33.6 |
| 2016 | #3,069 | 54 | 30.5 |
| 2017 | #3,163 | 51 | 29.5 |
| 2018 | #3,120 | 52 | 30.6 |
| 2019 | #3,682 | 41 | 24.4 |
| 2020 | #3,155 | 50 | 30.9 |
| 2021 | #3,222 | 50 | 30.5 |
| 2022 | #3,840 | 39 | 23.8 |
| 2023 | #3,782 | 40 | 24.9 |
| 2024 | #3,895 | 38 | 23.5 |
| 2025 | #4,198 | 34 | 21.2 |
World rankings
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Famous Dinahs
- Dinah
Biblical daughter of Jacob
- Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones)
American singer
- Frances Rose "Dinah" Shore
American singer
- Dinah Beth Manoff
American actress
- Dinah Jane Milika Ilaisaane Hansen
singer of American girl group Fifth Harmony
- Dinah Lee (born Diane Marie Jacobs)
New Zealand pop singer
- Dinah Sheridan (born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg)
English actress
- Dinah Pfizenmaier
German tennis player
- Dinah Cancer
stage name of vocalist Mary Ann Sims
- Dinah Barbara Christie
Canadian actress
- Dinah Maria Craik
English novelist
- Dinah Lenney
American actress
Dinah in pop culture
- Dinah
Alice's cat in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland"
- Dinah Hunter
character in the Demon Headmaster books and television series
- Dinah Mannering
character in Enid Blyton's "The Island of Adventure"
- Dinah
the family cook in The Bobbsey Twins series
- Dinah Drake and Dinah Laurel Lance aka Black Canary
mother and daughter DC Comics characters
- Aunt Dinah
cook in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- Dinah Lord
character in movie "The Philadelphia Story"
- Dinah
character in Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"
- Dinah de La Baudraye
character in Balzac's "Comedie humaine"
- Mrs. Dinah Delacroix
formerly Diana Piggott (Dicey), character in Elizabeth Bowen's "The Little Girls" (1964)
- Miss Dinah Perfect
old lady given to table,rapping in Sheridan Le Fanu's "All in the Dark" (1866)
- Dinah Sachs
main character in Susanna Kaysen's "Asa, As I Knew Him" (1987)
- Dinah
character in anime "Sailor Moon"
- Dinah Marler
character on American soap "Guiding Light"
Variations & nicknames
- DineYiddish