Dinah
Hebrew name built on din, judgment, and understood as vindicated; Genesis gives it to a daughter of Jacob and Leah.
Dinah in 2025
Dinah was given to 34 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 7,306th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 97,510 babies born.
The history of Dinah
Dinah reached its highest point in 1955, when 346 babies were given the name, ranking 867th that year.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 10,509 babies have been named Dinah. Half of them were born before 1959, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Baby Boomers.
Dinah by decade
| Decade | Babies named Dinah | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | 1,134 |
| 1890s | 87 | 1,454 |
| 1900s | 113 | 1,195 |
| 1910s | 227 | 1,966 |
| 1920s | 244 | 2,678 |
| 1930s | 289 | 2,134 |
| 1940s | 1,592 | 949 |
| 1950s | 2,903 | 867 |
| 1960s | 1,626 | 1,020 |
| 1970s | 836 | 1,874 |
| 1980s | 628 | 2,463 |
| 1990s | 509 | 3,606 |
| 2000s | 619 | 3,710 |
| 2010s | 502 | 5,009 |
| 2020s | 251 | 5,533 |
Where Dinah is heading
Dinah has fallen 43% over the past decade, from 60 babies in 2015 to 34 in 2025.
Names like Dinah
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Dinah.