Dionna vs Dionte
American parents have registered 3,780 Dionnas since 1880, against 3,169 Diontes. But in 2025 it was Dionte that was commoner, 20 babies to 8.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Dionna Dionte
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 65 years in which either name was published, Dionna for 39 years and Dionte for 26 years. The lead changed hands 17 times.
- 1951–1985 Dionna ahead
- 1988–1998 Dionte ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2007–2014 Dionna ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2015–2025 Dionte ahead, apart from one short spell
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Dionna | Dionte | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,780 | 3,169 |
| Most in one year | 163 | 172 |
| Babies in 2025 | 8 | 20 |
| Estimated living today | 3,700 | 3,100 |
| Median age today | 33 | 29 |
| Peak year | 1994 | 1993 |
| Best rank | 1,100th girls | 806th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 10,917th | 4,857th |
| First recorded | 1951 | 1971 |
| Girls / boys | 3,775 / 5 | 26 / 3,143 |
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 Dionnas alive today are over 33; half the Diontes are over 29. That is 4 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Dionna Ohio (3.9×), Maryland (2.6×), Illinois (2.5×)
- Dionte Illinois (5.3×), the District of Columbia (4.0×), Michigan (3.7×)
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: Dionna and Dionte.