Daria — #1952 US girls' name
8,955 babies named Daria in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Daria was born in this single decade.
294 babies were named Daria in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daria
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,955 babies named Daria between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daria currently holds the #1952 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 294 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daria performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,613 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Daria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,157 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Daria in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daria 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 8,955 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.
Daria at a glance
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Current rank
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Daria popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1998)
- 294
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #1952 among girls.
8,955 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 294 births in a single year.
Daria popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Daria as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Daria accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Daria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,613 births that decade — 18% of Daria's all-time total
Daria decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,613 births
- Runner-up 1,469 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Daria's strongest decade
1,613 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Daria by state
Where Daria concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,157 | 12.9% |
| #2 | California | | 901 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 706 | 7.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 605 | 6.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 480 | 5.4% |
| #6 | Texas | | 299 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 258 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Florida | | 257 | 2.9% |
1,157 of 8,955 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 12.9% of nationwide
- California 10.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 7.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 6.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 12.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Daria appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1915–2024 (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.