Dayna
Dayna was the 6604th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 543rd; the most babies were born in 1988 (361). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,057 places. More babies were named Dayna in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,604 girls, down 2,903 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1988361 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,547babies recorded
Dayna popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 87 since 1953.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,604 | 17 |
| 2020 | #3,701 | 40 |
| 2010 | #2,347 | 81 |
| 2000 | #963 | 220 |
| 1990 | #640 | 351 |
| 1980 | #547 | 340 |
| 1970 | #605 | 287 |
| 1960 | #818 | 162 |
| 1950 | #1,381 | 44 |
| 1940 | #3,581 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Dayna, counting every spelling?
Dayna is the most common spelling of a name family that had 27 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 27 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayna | 17 | #6,604 | 121 |
| Daina | 10 | #9,597 | 54 |
| Daena | — | — | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Dayna?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dayna (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Dayna born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dayna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dayna?
About 13,600 people born in the US named Dayna are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 31 and 55. That makes Dayna mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Dayna by state
How common Dayna was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Dayna
How popular is the name Dayna?
Dayna was the 6604th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 543rd; the most babies were born in 1988 (361). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,057 places. More babies were named Dayna in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Dayna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Dayna in the US.
Where is Dayna most popular?
In 2021–2025, Dayna was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 girls).