Is Dione a boy or girl name?

Dione is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 2,946 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 80.5% were girls and 19.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2001, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Dione

Recorded 1929–2025 · United States

Dione was most popular in 1970, when 182 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,361 that year. In 2025 it ranked #22,044, with 6 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,946 people named Dione.

Dione over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dione’s peak in 1970. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dione a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dione is mostly a girl’s name — 80.5% of the 2,946 Americans given it were girls and 19.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2001 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 56% girls and 44% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Dione

Where Dione is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org