Daya — #3648 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Daya

The Social Security Administration has registered 883 babies named Daya between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daya currently holds the #3648 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Daya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Daya in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daya 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 883 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.