Girls' name · since 1999
Daia
112 babies named Daia in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,855 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,181 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Daia is the #9181 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 112 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daia has been recorded 112 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #9181 nationally and more common than 47% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #25,855 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,181 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 112 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daia ranks #25,855 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,181 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 112 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,855 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,181 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daia's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Daia compares
112 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Daia's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 112 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Daia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daia splits its recorded history at 2019: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Daia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (69 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Daia's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Daia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 69 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daia: 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, 1999–2025 (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 Daia 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.