Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Dinah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dinah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1955

Peak rank proxy

346

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19552024

Peak year

1955

Decline from peak

89%

2024

All-time

10,475

Dinah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1955, when 346 girls were named Dinah.

In 2024, only 38 girls were given the name.

Down 89% from its peak.

All told, about 10,475 Americans have been named Dinah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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