Unisex name · since 1976
Dai
122 babies named Dai in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,102 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dai sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 122 recorded since 1976.
Dai has 122 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1976 to 2015.
- #16,102 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 122 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dai ranks #16,102 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,102 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dai's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Dai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dai's full recorded timeline at 1992, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2015
- Peak year (1985)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Dai popularity over time - girls
90 total births recorded since 1978 (Dai as girls' name)
Dai by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (49 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Dai's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Dai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 49 births (40% of all-time use).
Dai by state
Where Dai concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.1% |
5 of 122 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dai's data
- Dai's decade-level peak was the 1980s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dais (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Dai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1976–2015 (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 Dai 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.