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Its wave through time Fading since the 1990s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1994 per million babies of that sex 3,729 babies given this name since 1951 At its height in 1994, about 1 in 11,000 girls 16 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Daniel Boy Hebrew Daniyyel, 'God is my judge'. Biblical · peak 1985 Donald Boy From Gaelic Domhnall, from Old Celtic elements meaning 'world' + 'rule'. Early Medieval · peak 1934 Donna Girl From Italian donna 'lady', from Latin domina 'mistress of a household'. Modern · peak 1959 Diane Girl From the Roman goddess Diana, probably from an old root meaning 'divine, heavenly'. Renaissance · peak 1955 Denise Girl Feminine of Denis, from Greek Dionysios 'of Dionysus', the god's name. Middle Ages · peak 1964 Danielle Girl The French feminine of Daniel, from Hebrew 'God is my judge'. Modern · peak 1987 Diana Girl The Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon; her name is probably from an old Indo-European root meaning 'divine, of… Rome · peak 1946 Tina Girl A short form of names ending in -tina, especially Christina, from Latin Christianus 'a Christian'. Modern · peak 1968 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.