Recorded 1962–2019 Unisex name Peak 1990 303 births

Daine — boys' name

303 babies named Daine in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s61970s51980s811990s912000s812010s39
1990s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Daine was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

19 babies were named Daine in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Daine

The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Daine between 1962 and 2019, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daine currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Daine is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 298 additional births since 1943.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daine performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Daine shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daine 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 303 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.

Daine at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

303

Since 1962

58 years of records

Peak year

1990

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1962

Recorded for 58 years

Last year on file: 2019

Daine popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1962

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1990)
19
Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
05101520 201920112006200119951990198519711962 6

Daine popularity over time — girls

298 total births recorded since 1943 (Daine as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 298 births
05101520 19901981197319681963195819521943 5

Daine by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
91 births that decade — 30% of Daine's all-time total
1960s61970s51980s811990s912000s812010s39

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Daine?
303 babies have been named Daine since 1962. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1990 with 19 births.
When was Daine most popular?
Daine was most popular in the 1990s decade with 91 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Is Daine a unisex name?
Yes, Daine is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 303 births, and as a girl's name it has 298 births.
How long has the name Daine been used?
Daine has been recorded in Social Security data since 1962, spanning 58 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Daine?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dain, Daivd, Daimon, Daiquan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.