Girls' name · since 1951
Daena
Daena has 638 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 638
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
638 girls have been named Daena since 1951, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Daena has 638 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2024.
- #10,118 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 638 born since 1951
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daena ranks #10,118 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 638 born since 1951, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 638
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Daena's 638 recorded births place it above 85.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Daena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daena's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Daena by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (134 births, 21% of the file).
1980s was Daena's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Daena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
54 births
- 1970s
1970s
111 births
- 1980s
1980s
134 births
- 1990s
1990s
98 births
- 2000s
2000s
132 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 134 births (21% of all-time use).
How Daena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Daena's total volume
Daena by state
Where Daena concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 82 | 12.9% |
| #2 | California | | 26 | 4.1% |
82 of 638 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Daena's decade-level peak was the 1980s (134 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Daenas (82 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~73 yrs)
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, 1951–2024 (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 Daena 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.