Name profile

Dinah

A name meaning "judged".

PronunciationEnglish /ˈdaɪ.nə/; English /ˈdiː.nə/
Usage languagesBiblical, English
US rank (2025)#4,172

Meaning and history

Dinah is a Hebrew name meaning “judged,” derived from דִּין (din), “to judge.” In the Old Testament, Dinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah who was abducted by Shechem, and the name has been used as an English given name since after the Protestant Reformation.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 60 births, rank #2,887
2007: 57 births, rank #3,047
2008: 58 births, rank #2,995
2009: 68 births, rank #2,672
2010: 47 births, rank #3,409
20112011: 44 births, rank #3,550
2012: 48 births, rank #3,364
2013: 51 births, rank #3,166
2014: 54 births, rank #3,080
2015: 60 births, rank #2,890
20162016: 54 births, rank #3,060
2017: 51 births, rank #3,145
2018: 52 births, rank #3,107
2019: 41 births, rank #3,665
2020: 50 births, rank #3,141
20212021: 50 births, rank #3,215
2022: 39 births, rank #3,827
2023: 40 births, rank #3,763
2024: 38 births, rank #3,892
20252025: 34 births, rank #4,172

Dinah moved from #833 to #910 for girls between 1965 and 1966. Its highest annual birth count came in 1955, with 346 births.