Girls' name · since 1990
Daijah
Daijah has 2,327 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,729 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,327
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Daijah is the #13729 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,327 recorded since 1990.
Daijah has 2,327 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13729 as of the latest data, more common than 21% 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 1990 to 2025.
- #4,250 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,729 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,327 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daijah ranks #4,250 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,729 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,327 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,729 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,327
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daijah's 2,327 recorded births place it above 94.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Daijah compares
2,327 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Daijah's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daijah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,327 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 195 | 21 | 19,840 |
Daijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Daijah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 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 2025, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 195 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Daijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 195
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Daijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,092 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Daijah's strongest decade.
1,092 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Daijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
794 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,092 births
- 2010s 373
2010s
373 births
- 2020s 68
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,092 births (47% of all-time use).
How Daijah 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 Daijah's total volume
Daijah by state
Where Daijah concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 181 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 169 | 7.3% |
| #3 | California | | 160 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 130 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 92 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 71 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 70 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 64 | 2.8% |
181 of 2,327 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Daijah appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Daijah's data
- Daijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,092 total births); usage has since declined to 68 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Daijahs (181 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Daijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Daijah 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.