Daina — #8459 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Daina

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,512 babies named Daina between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daina currently holds the #8459 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 88 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 523 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Daina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 199 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Daina in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daina 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 2,512 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.