Meaning and history
Diána means "divine" or "goddesslike" and derives from Latin dia or diva, "goddess," ultimately sharing the Indo-European root *dyew- found in Zeus. Diana was the Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests, and childbirth and was often identified with the Greek Artemis. Used regularly as a given name since the Renaissance, it became more common in the English-speaking world after Walter Scott used Diana Vernon in Rob Roy (1817); it also appeared in George Meredith's Diana of the Crossways (1885). A notable bearer was Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales (1961-1997).
20062006: 2,841 births, rank #120
2007: 3,182 births, rank #106
2008: 2,444 births, rank #138
2009: 1,943 births, rank #166
2010: 1,622 births, rank #190
20112011: 1,545 births, rank #204
2012: 1,288 births, rank #251
2013: 1,179 births, rank #271
2014: 1,092 births, rank #298
2015: 1,091 births, rank #296
20162016: 1,183 births, rank #269
2017: 1,368 births, rank #230
2018: 1,608 births, rank #185
2019: 1,435 births, rank #213
2020: 1,236 births, rank #245
20212021: 1,329 births, rank #225
2022: 1,316 births, rank #229
2023: 1,312 births, rank #228
2024: 1,301 births, rank #242
20252025: 1,277 births, rank #244
Diana moved from #242 to #244 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1957, with 9,433 births.