Girls' name · since 1915
Daria
Daria has 9,063 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,856 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,063
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Daria is the #1856 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 9,063 recorded since 1915.
Daria has 9,063 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1856 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #1,785 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,856 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,063 born since 1915
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daria ranks #1,785 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,856 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,063 born since 1915, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,856 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,063
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daria's 9,063 recorded births place it above 97.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Daria compares
9,063 Top 10% higher than 90% of 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
Daria's all-time total is 24x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daria | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,063 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 294 | 21 | 19,840 |
Daria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daria splits its recorded history at 1975: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 294 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daria popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 294
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Daria popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Daria as boys' name)
Daria by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,613 births, 18% of the file).
1990s was Daria's strongest decade.
1,613 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Daria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 49
1920s
49 births
- 1930s 50
1930s
50 births
- 1940s 407
1940s
407 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,088 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,055 births
- 1970s
1970s
918 births
- 1980s
1980s
698 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,613 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,469 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,082 births
- 2020s 623
2020s
623 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,613 births (18% of all-time use).
How Daria compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Daria's total volume
Daria by state
Where Daria concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,162 | 12.8% |
| #2 | California | | 914 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 706 | 7.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 610 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 493 | 5.4% |
| #6 | Texas | | 306 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 263 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 258 | 2.8% |
1,162 of 9,063 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Daria appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Daria's data
- Daria's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (1,613 total births) through the 2020s (623) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Darias (1,162 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Daria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Daria 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.