Diamond
Feminine · “unbreakable”
Diamond is given to both — 33,733 girls and 2,564 boys since 1880. See Diamond as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Diamond is the unbreakable one. The Greek adamas meant something that could not be conquered, and it named the hardest substance the ancient world knew before it named the stone we mean now.
How old is the name Diamond?
Diamond first appears in US birth records in 1908 — 117 years ago. The typical Diamond alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 33,000 people named Diamond are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Diamond most popular?
Diamond peaked in 1999, reaching #150 nationally. Today it ranks #2017, 1,867 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adamas to Diamond
The story of Diamond
Gem names became fashionable for girls in the nineteenth century — Ruby, Pearl, Opal, Beryl — and Diamond was used sparingly among them. Its real rise is much later and specifically American: it appears in the registers in numbers from the 1980s and peaked around 1999, part of a broader turn toward names that are plainly and unapologetically precious things.
Meaning
unbreakable, invincible
From the Greek adamas — the negative a- and daman, 'to tame' or 'to subdue' — so 'untameable'. Latin took it as adamas and medieval Latin reshaped it to diamas under the influence of dia- words, which is how English got diamond. The word 'adamant' is the same root undisguised.
How the name formed
- adamas
- diamas
- diamond
- Diamond
Related forms: Diamant · Diamante · Diamonique
Pronouncing Diamond
DY-mund
Two syllables in ordinary American speech, stress on the first, though the word is written as though it had three.
Nicknames for Diamond
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1908
- Most girls named
- 19992,160 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #150reached in 1999
- Change vs 2023
- −27.7%94 in 2025, from 130
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Diamond in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Diamant in French — related form
- Diamante in Spanish — related form
- Diamonique in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Georgia.
Diamonds among us
people named Diamond are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 17,099 born in 2025 was named Diamond
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Shanna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Diamond's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shanna climbed just as high around 1978, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shanna's path sketches the road Diamond is walking now.
Diamond sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Diamond is headed
Diamond should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Diamond beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Diamond in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is genuinely striking — 'unconquerable' rather than merely 'precious'.
- It is completely transparent to any English speaker.
- The etymology connects it to the ordinary word 'adamant', which is a pleasing thing to know.
- It is an ordinary English noun and never reads as purely a name.
- It is closely dated to the 1990s and 2000s in American records.
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Feminine · #2017 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Diamonds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 33,000 people named Diamond are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Diamond in 2025?
- Diamond ranks #2017 among US girl names in 2025, with 94 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Diamond?
- About 1 in every 17,099 US girls born in 2025 was named Diamond — 94 in all.
- Will my child share the name Diamond with classmates?
- Diamond will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Diamond
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Naima#2017 · Melodie#2017 · Kylani#2017 · Bryn#2017 · Kamilah#2017 · Goldy#2017 · Alyna#2017 · Zion#2017
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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