Boys' name · since 1992
Daire
261 babies named Daire in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,414 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,603 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daire currently ranks #6603 among boys' names in America, with 261 babies recorded since 1992.
Daire has 261 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6603 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #11,414 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,603 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 261 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daire ranks #11,414 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,603 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 261 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,414 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,603 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daire's 261 recorded births place it above 74.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
How Daire compares
261 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Daire's all-time total is 29% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daire | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 261 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Daire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daire splits its recorded history at 2016: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1992 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daire popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Daire popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 2012 (Daire as girls' name)
Daire by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (131 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Daire's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Daire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
131 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 131 births (50% of all-time use).
Daire by state
Where Daire concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 16 | 6.1% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 1.9% |
16 of 261 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Michigan records the most Daires (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Daire 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.