Recorded 1993–2016 Girls' name Peak 1999 178 births

Dajana — girls' name

178 babies named Dajana in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s792000s892010s10
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Dajana was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

19 babies were named Dajana in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Dajana

The Social Security Administration has registered 178 babies named Dajana between 1993 and 2016, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dajana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dajana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dajana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dajana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dajana 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 178 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.

Dajana at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

178

Since 1993

24 years of records

Peak year

1999

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1993

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2016

Dajana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1993

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1999)
19
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
05101520 2016200720042001199819951993 5

Dajana by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
89 births that decade — 50% of Dajana's all-time total
1990s792000s892010s10

Dajana by state

Where Dajana concentrates geographically — total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Dajana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
5 2.8%
Illinois share of Dajana's total US births 2.8%

5 of 178 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dajana?
178 babies have been named Dajana since 1993. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1999 with 19 births.
When was Dajana most popular?
Dajana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 89 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Dajana most popular?
The top states for the name Dajana are Illinois (5 births).
How long has the name Dajana been used?
Dajana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 24 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Dajana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Daja, Dajah, Dajanae, Dajia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1993–2016 (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.