Daija — #9757 US girls' name
3,060 babies named Daija in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Daija was born in this single decade.
258 babies were named Daija in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daija
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,060 babies named Daija between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daija currently holds the #9757 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 258 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daija performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Daija shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 219 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Daija in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daija 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 3,060 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.
Daija at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (1997)
- 258
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #9757 among girls.
3,060 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 258 births in a single year.
Daija by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,335 births that decade — 44% of Daija's all-time total
Daija decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,335 births
- Runner-up 1,333 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Daija's strongest decade
1,335 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Daija by state
Where Daija concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 219 | 7.2% |
| #2 | California | | 218 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 187 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 184 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 135 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 132 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 102 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 93 | 3.0% |
219 of 3,060 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- California 7.1% of nationwide
- Florida 6.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Daija appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1986–2024 (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.