first name
DIAMOND
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,534 people named Diamond, 72.3% reported their origin as Black, 11.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.1% as White. 94.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Diamond peaked in 1999, when 2,210 babies got the name.
At least 36,297 babies have been given the name since 1897. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Diamond by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #391. The largest share of babies named Diamond, 55.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Diamond is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Diamond has been most common in District of Columbia (4.1×), Maryland (2.3×), and Louisiana (2.3×), and least common in Nebraska (0.15×).
32,325 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Diamond
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Diamond, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Diamond ranks #1,695 of 156,621, with 20,714 people. See Diamond as a last name
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