Boys' name · since 1961
Daid
34 babies named Daid in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Daid is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 34 have been recorded since 1961.
Daid has 34 recorded births among boys since 1961, 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 1961 to 1987.
- #24,879 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 34 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daid ranks #24,879 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Daid's 34 recorded births place it above 44.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daid splits its recorded history at 1981: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1987
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Daid by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Daid's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Daid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daid: 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 (~26 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, 1961–1987 (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 Daid 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.