Girls' name · since 2007
Dalayah
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 294 babies named Dalayah, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,876 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 294
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dalayah currently ranks #5876 among girls' names in America, with 294 babies recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalayah has been recorded 294 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #5876 nationally and more common than 66% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #16,068 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,876 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 294 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalayah ranks #16,068 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,876 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 294 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,876 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 294
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dalayah's 294 recorded births place it above 77.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Indiana.
How Dalayah compares
294 45th 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
Dalayah's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dalayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 294 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dalayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dalayah's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dalayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Dalayah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (145 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Dalayah's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Dalayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
145 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 145 births (49% of all-time use).
Dalayah by state
Where Dalayah concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 294 births nationwide.
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- Indiana records the most Dalayahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Indiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dalayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Dalayah 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.