Diamond
Masculine · “unconquerable”
Diamond is given to both — 2,564 boys and 33,733 girls since 1880. See Diamond as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Diamond is the English word for the hardest of stones, and the word itself is a Greek boast: unconquerable. It has been in American given-name records since the nineteenth century, for boys and for girls.
How old is the name Diamond?
Diamond first appears in US birth records in 1897 — 128 years ago. The typical Diamond alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 2,300 people named Diamond are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Diamond most popular?
Diamond peaked in 1897, reaching #942 nationally. Today it ranks #3181, 2,239 places below that high. See the whole 1897 chart.
Where it comes from
From adamas to Diamond
The story of Diamond
Greek adamas began as an adjective for anything that could not be broken, and by the later classical period it named the stone that best deserved it. Medieval Latin blurred adamantem into diamantem, and every European language took its word for the gem from there. English used Diamond as a surname first and then as a given name; American records show it for boys through the nineteenth century, alongside Pearl and Ruby for girls, and it has been used for both ever since.
Meaning
unconquerable
From Greek adamas, unbreakable or untameable, through Latin adamantem and Old French diamant; the same Greek word gives English adamant.
How the name formed
- adamas
- diamant
- Diamond
Related forms: Diamante · Diamante · Diamant
Pronouncing Diamond
DY-muhnd
Two or three syllables depending on the speaker; DY-uh-mond is the fuller form and DY-mund the usual one.
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
- 1897
- Most boys named
- 1994101 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #942reached in 1897
- Change vs 2023
- −14.0%37 in 2025, from 43
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
- Diamante in Spanish — related form
- Diamante in Italian — related form
- Diamant in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, California.
Diamonds among us
people named Diamond are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 46,164 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
Fashion outlook
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 looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 19% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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 boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- An ordinary English word, so it is never mispronounced or misspelled.
- The Greek meaning behind it is exact and easy to tell.
- Genuine nineteenth-century American history, rather than a recent invention.
- It is a valuable object used as a name, and that invites remarks a child does not choose.
- In current American use it is given far more often to girls, so the assumption will run that way.
- The baseball sense of the word is unavoidable and will be used for jokes.
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Diamond
Masculine · #3181 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 2,300 people named Diamond are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Diamond in 2025?
- Diamond ranks #3181 among US boy names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Diamond?
- About 1 in every 46,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Diamond — 37 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.
Walden#3181 · Tobin#3181 · Keion#3181 · Artem#3181 · Arsh#3181 · Kris#3181 · Daren#3181 · Esau#3181
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