Girls' name · since 1986
Daija
Daija has 3,065 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,512 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,065
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daija currently ranks #15512 among girls' names in America, with 3,065 babies recorded since 1986.
Daija has 3,065 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15512 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #3,556 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,512 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,065 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daija ranks #3,556 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,512 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,065 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,512 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,065
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daija's 3,065 recorded births place it above 95.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Daija compares
3,065 Top 18% higher than 82% of 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
Daija's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daija | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,065 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 258 | 21 | 19,840 |
Daija's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Daija's full recorded timeline at 2006, 22% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 78% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 258 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Daija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 258
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Daija by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,335 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Daija's strongest decade.
1,335 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Daija births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,333 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,335 births
- 2010s 285
2010s
285 births
- 2020s 83
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,335 births (44% of all-time use).
How Daija compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Daija's total volume
Daija by state
Where Daija concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 219 | 7.1% |
| #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 3,065 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Daija appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Daija's data
- Daija's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,335 total births); usage has since declined to 83 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Daijas (219 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Daija: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
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, 1986–2025 (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 Daija 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.