Dione vs Dionicio
American parents have registered 2,946 Diones since 1880, against 2,094 Dionicios. But in 2025 it was Dionicio that was commoner, 13 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Dione Dionicio
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 123 years in which either name was published, Dionicio for 81 years and Dione for 42 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.
- 1882–1952 Dionicio ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1953–1989 Dione ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1992–2025 Dionicio ahead, apart from 3 short spells
14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Dione | Dionicio | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,946 | 2,094 |
| Most in one year | 182 | 33 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 13 |
| Estimated living today | 2,700 | 1,500 |
| Median age today | 51 | 37 |
| Peak year | 1970 | 1976 |
| Best rank | 840th girls | 1,608th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 6,446th |
| First recorded | 1929 | 1882 |
| Girls / boys | 2,373 / 573 | 0 / 2,094 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Diones alive today are over 51; half the Dionicios are over 37. That is 14 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Dione Louisiana (9.1×), California (2.3×), Illinois (2.2×)
- Dionicio Texas (10.0×), California (2.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Dione and Dionicio.