Girls' name · since 2001
Daela
Daela has 49 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 49 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Daela recorded 49 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2023.
- #35,199 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daela ranks #35,199 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daela's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daela splits its recorded history at 2017: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2010)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Daela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Daela's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Daela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.