Dior
Masculine · “of gold”
Dior is given to both — 2,138 boys and 5,260 girls since 1880. See Dior as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Dior is a French surname that a fashion house made into a word, and the surname itself appears to be from d'or — of gold.
How old is the name Dior?
Dior first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Dior is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,100 people named Dior are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dior most popular?
Dior peaked in 2022, reaching #842 nationally. Today it ranks #1585, 743 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From d'or to Dior
The story of Dior
Christian Dior showed his first collection in 1947 and the New Look reset European fashion after the war. The house name became a word. American families began using it as a given name in the 2000s, part of a group with Chanel, Armani and Cartier, and Dior appears in the registers for both sexes and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
of gold
Usually read from the French d'or, 'of gold', a byname for a goldsmith or for someone with fair hair. A second account derives it from a Norman place name. Christian Dior's own family were fertiliser manufacturers in Normandy; the surname's origin is not documented in their records.
How the name formed
- d'or
- Dior
Related forms: Dior · Deor
Pronouncing Dior
dee-OR
Two syllables, stress on the second. French says it as close to one syllable, dyor.
Nicknames for Dior
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
- 1982
- Most boys named
- 2022289 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #842reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −26.7%107 in 2025, from 146
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.
Dior in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dior in French — same name
- Deor in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, Ohio.
Diors among us
people named Dior are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 15,963 born in 2025 was named Dior
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 Antwain test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Dior's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Antwain climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Antwain's path sketches the road Dior is walking now.
Dior 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 Dior is headed
Dior should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. 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.
Dior beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dior in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The of-gold reading is concrete and attractive.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- Two syllables, short and internationally legible.
- The fashion house association is total and is why the name entered use.
- The surname's own origin is not documented.
- It is thoroughly unisex and does not signal sex on paper.
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Masculine · #1585 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Diors are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Dior are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dior in 2025?
- Dior ranks #1585 among US boy names in 2025, with 107 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dior?
- About 1 in every 15,963 US boys born in 2025 was named Dior — 107 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dior with classmates?
- Dior will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Dior
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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