Diane
About Diane
Like Joanne and Christine, middle-aged Diane has been overshadowed by the a-ending version of her name. Diane has a definite mid-century feel; it was a Top 20 name from 1946 to 1959. Though it has several distinguished bearers, including Dianes Sawyer, Keaton, von Furstenberg, Lane, Arbus, Kruger and Farr, it fell off the Top 1000 in 2004 and last year was given to about 60 baby girls, the same number as Dillon and Eugenia.
Pronounced dy-AN.
As of October 2026, Diane ranked #2620 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #14 in 1955, Nameberry popularity #264.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,709 | 123 | 68.9 |
| 2015 | #2,105 | 92 | 51.5 |
| 2016 | #1,976 | 101 | 57 |
| 2017 | #2,188 | 87 | 50.4 |
| 2018 | #2,486 | 71 | 41.7 |
| 2019 | #2,460 | 72 | 42.9 |
| 2020 | #2,348 | 75 | 46.4 |
| 2021 | #1,864 | 107 | 65.2 |
| 2022 | #2,229 | 84 | 51.2 |
| 2023 | #2,825 | 60 | 37.4 |
| 2024 | #2,247 | 83 | 51.2 |
| 2025 | #2,620 | 66 | 41.1 |
World rankings
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Diane on lists
Famous Dianes
- Diane de France (b. 1538)
suo jure Duchess of Angoulême, natural daughter of King Henry II of France
- Diane de Poitiers
16th,century French noblewoman, prominent courtier of King Francis I and King Henry II
- Diane Arbus
American photographer
- Diane Keaton
American actress
- Diane Simone Michelle (Halfin) von Furstenberg
Belgian,American fashion designer
- Diane Kruger
German actress and model, partner of American actor Norman Reedus
- Diane Colleen Lane
American actress
- Diane Eve Warren
American songwriter
- Diane Farr
American actress
- Diane Gardner
child actress from film "Gigot"
- Diane Marie Disney Miller
daughter of Walt Disney
- Diane Guerrero
American actress and activist
- Diane O'Meara
young American woman unintentionally involved in the 2013 Manti Te'o hoax case
- Diane Franklin
American actress
- Diane Neal
American actress
- Diane Tell
Canadian pop,jazz singer,songwriter
- Diane Judith Nash
American civil rights activist
- Diane Pamela Wood
U.S. federal judge
- Diane English
American screenwriter, producer, and director
- Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner)
American actress
- (Lila) Diane Sawyer
American TV journalist
- Diane Julie Abbott
British Shadow Home Secretary
- Diane Kathleen Murphy
American former child actress, twin sister Erin Murphy
Diane in pop culture
- Diane
character in book/TV series "Alias Grace"
- "Jack and Diane
" song by John Cougar Mellencamp
- Diane Johnson
young daughter on TV's "Black,ish"
- Diane Nixon
main character in 2011 film "The Good Doctor," played by Riley Keough
- Diane "Jackie" Torrance
character in "Castle Rock"
- "Jack and Diane
" 2012 film starring Juno Temple as Diane
- Diane Freeling
one of the lead characters in "Poltergeist," played by JoBeth Williams
- Diane
main character in 2012 film "Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding," played by Catherine Keener
- Diane
character on TV's "Episodes"
- Diane
lead character in 1937 film "Seventh Heaven"
- "Diane
" theme song from 1937 film "Seventh Heaven," starring Simone Simon and Jimmy Stewart
- Diane Holmes
character in TV movie "Under the Mistletoe"
- Diane Chambers
character on TV's "Cheers"
- Diane Lockhart
character in TV's "The Good Wife/Fight," played by Christine Baranski
- Diane Symonds
character in "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You"
- Diane Barrows
character in film "It Takes Two"
- Diane Jenkins
character from American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Diane Sterling
Fornell,Gibbs, a character in "NCIS"
- Diane
character on TV's "The Strain"
- Pinkamena Diane Pie
character in animated series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"
- Diane
character on AMC's "The Walking Dead"
- Diane
character from book "Glorious Veils of Diane"
- "My Diane
" song by The Beach Boys
- "Oh Diane
" song by Fleetwood Mac from the album "Mirage"
- "Diane Young
" song by Vampire Weekend
- "Diane
" 1956 film about Diane de Poitiers, with Lana Turner
- Diane's Beachwear
California clothing store
- Diane
character from the manga and anime series "The Seven Deadly Sins"
- Diane Nguyen
feminist/author character on "BoJack Horseman"
- Diane Court
co,lead character in iconic film "Say Anything," played by Ione Skye
- "Little Diane
" song by Dion