Girls' name · since 1997
Daila
Daila has 793 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,053 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 793
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Daila is the #3053 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 793 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daila has been recorded 793 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #3053 nationally and more common than 82% 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 1997 to 2025.
- #8,787 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,053 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 793 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daila ranks #8,787 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,053 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 793 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,053 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 793
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daila's 793 recorded births place it above 87.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Daila compares
793 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Daila's all-time total is 111% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 793 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 91 | 21 | 19,840 |
Daila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daila's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 91, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 91
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Daila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (354 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Daila's strongest decade.
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Daila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 120
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
299 births
- 2020s
2020s
354 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 354 births (45% of all-time use).
How Daila 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 Daila's total volume
Daila by state
Where Daila concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 112 | 14.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 88 | 11.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 25 | 3.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.6% |
112 of 793 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- California records the most Dailas (112 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Daila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Daila 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.