Girls' name · since 1979
Dalayna
338 babies named Dalayna in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 338
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
338 girls have been named Dalayna since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Dalayna recorded 338 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2023.
- #14,933 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 338 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalayna ranks #14,933 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 338 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 338
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dalayna's 338 recorded births place it above 79.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dalayna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dalayna's full recorded timeline at 2006, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dalayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2023
- Peak year (2005)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Dalayna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (147 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Dalayna's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Dalayna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 57
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
147 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 147 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dalayna's data
- Dalayna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (147 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dalayna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1979–2023 (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 Dalayna 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.