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Dyani

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Dyani is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
270.00% of girls
Peak year
200173 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1974
1,294people given the name
Babies named Dyani, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,294 girls have been named Dyani in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 73 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 38%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Dyani
1970s65
1980s75
1990s230
2000s488
2010s305
2020s131

In 2001, its biggest year

Dyani was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2001 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis. See all of 2001.

Names that rose and fell with Dyani

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.