Girls' name · since 1924
Daina
Daina has 2,522 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,536 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,522
- born since 1924
- 1970s
- peak decade
2,522 babies have been named Daina since 1924, making it today's #9536 girls' name.
Daina has 2,522 recorded births among girls since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9536 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #4,028 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,536 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,522 born since 1924
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daina ranks #4,028 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,536 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,522 born since 1924, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,536 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,522
- born since 1924
- 1970s
- peak decade
Daina's 2,522 recorded births place it above 94.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Daina compares
2,522 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Daina's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,522 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 88 | 21 | 19,840 |
Daina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daina's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1942, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 88, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daina popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (1964)
- 88
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Daina popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1971 (Daina as boys' name)
Daina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (523 births, 21% of the file).
1970s was Daina's strongest decade.
523 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Daina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 34
1940s
34 births
- 1950s
1950s
258 births
- 1960s
1960s
514 births
- 1970s
1970s
523 births
- 1980s
1980s
498 births
- 1990s
1990s
298 births
- 2000s
2000s
215 births
- 2010s 116
2010s
116 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 523 births (21% of all-time use).
How Daina 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 Daina's total volume
Daina by state
Where Daina concentrates geographically, total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 199 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 97 | 3.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 94 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 34 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 34 | 1.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.2% |
199 of 2,522 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Daina appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Daina's data
- Daina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (523 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dainas (199 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Daina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~101 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, 1924–2025 (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 Daina 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.