Girls' name · since 1974
Dayanara
Dayanara has 6,568 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,150 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,105 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,568
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
6,568 babies have been named Dayanara since 1974, making it today's #4105 girls' name.
Dayanara has 6,568 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4105 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #2,150 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,105 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,568 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dayanara ranks #2,150 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,105 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,568 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,150 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,105 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,568
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dayanara's 6,568 recorded births place it above 97.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dayanara compares
6,568 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Dayanara's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dayanara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,568 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 909 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dayanara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dayanara's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 85% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 15%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 909, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dayanara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 909
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Dayanara by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (4,759 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Dayanara's strongest decade.
4,759 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Dayanara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 107
1970s
107 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 397
1990s
397 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,759 births
- 2010s 995
2010s
995 births
- 2020s 287
2020s
287 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 4,759 births (72% of all-time use).
How Dayanara 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 Dayanara's total volume
Dayanara by state
Where Dayanara concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,794 | 27.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,016 | 15.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 394 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 385 | 5.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 360 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 300 | 4.6% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 169 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 149 | 2.3% |
1,794 of 6,568 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Dayanara appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dayanara's data
- Dayanara's decade-level peak was the 2000s (4,759 total births); usage has since declined to 287 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dayanaras (1,794 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dayanara: 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 (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Dayanara 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.