Recorded 1968–2017 Girls' name Peak 2008 238 births

Dalaina — girls' name

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.

1960s51970s111980s361990s662000s792010s41
2000s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Dalaina was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

13 babies were named Dalaina in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Dalaina

The Social Security Administration has registered 238 babies named Dalaina between 1968 and 2017, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dalaina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalaina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dalaina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dalaina 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 238 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.

Dalaina at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

238

Since 1968

50 years of records

Peak year

2008

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1968

Recorded for 50 years

Last year on file: 2017

Dalaina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1968

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2008)
13
Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
468101214 20172011200520001995199019801968 5

Dalaina by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
79 births that decade — 33% of Dalaina's all-time total
1960s51970s111980s361990s662000s792010s41

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dalaina?
238 babies have been named Dalaina since 1968. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2008 with 13 births.
When was Dalaina most popular?
Dalaina was most popular in the 2000s decade with 79 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Dalaina been used?
Dalaina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 50 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Dalaina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dale, Dallas, Dalia, Daleyza, 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, 1968–2017 (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.