Girls' name · since 1968
Dalaina
238 babies named Dalaina in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,066 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dalaina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 238 have been recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalaina has been recorded 238 times among girls since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2017.
- #18,066 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 238 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalaina ranks #18,066 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 238 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,066 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dalaina's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dalaina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dalaina splits its recorded history at 1999: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dalaina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2017
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Dalaina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (79 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Dalaina's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Dalaina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 79 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Dalaina's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2010s (41) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Dalaina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1968–2017 (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 Dalaina 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.