Girls' name · since 2002
Dakiyah
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 123 babies named Dakiyah, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,036 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 123
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
123 babies have been named Dakiyah since 2002, making it today's #14036 girls' name.
Dakiyah has 123 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14036 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #24,814 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,036 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 123 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dakiyah ranks #24,814 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,036 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 123 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,036 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 123
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dakiyah's 123 recorded births place it above 65.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dakiyah compares
123 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Dakiyah's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dakiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 123 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dakiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dakiyah splits its recorded history at 2012: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dakiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Dakiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Dakiyah's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Dakiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Dakiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- 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 Dakiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Dakiyah 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.