Daena — #13655 US girls' name
638 babies named Daena in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Daena was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Daena in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daena
The Social Security Administration has registered 638 babies named Daena between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daena currently holds the #13655 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Daena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Daena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 638 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Daena at a glance
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Current rank
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Daena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (2001)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently ranks #13655 among girls.
638 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 18 births in a single year.
Daena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 134 births that decade — 21% of Daena's all-time total
Daena decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 132 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Daena's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.9% of nationwide
- California 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.