Boys' name · since 2001

Daiyan

Daiyan has 46 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#22,716 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,818 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
46
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Daiyan is the #12818 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 46 recorded since 2001.

Daiyan has 46 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12818 as of the latest data, more common than 8% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.

  • #22,716 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,818 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 46 born since 2001
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daiyan ranks #22,716 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,818 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 46 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.

#22,716 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,818 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
46
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%7.9%
Daiyan vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Daiyan's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Daiyan compares

46 16th 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

Daiyan's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Daiyan Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 46 369 358,536
Peak-year births 7 34 22,252

Daiyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Daiyan's full recorded timeline at 2011, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Daiyan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2011)
7
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20012002200520102011201420222025 5

Daiyan by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 39% of the file).

2000s was Daiyan's strongest decade.

18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.

Daiyan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (39% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Daiyan?
Daiyan has been given to 46 babies in the U.S. since 2001, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #22,716 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #12,818 of 13,930. 7 babies were born in 2011, its single highest year.
Where does Daiyan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daiyan ranks #22,716 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,818 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Daiyan most popular?
Daiyan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Daiyan been used?
Records for Daiyan go back to 2001, giving 25 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Daiyan?
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.

What to do with Daiyan's data

  • Daiyan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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 Daiyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2001–2025 (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 Daiyan 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.