Girls' name · since 1953
Daye
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Daye, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1953
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1953.
Daye has 18 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2023.
- #46,886 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1953
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daye ranks #46,886 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1953, peaking in the 2020s.
- #46,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1953
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daye's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daye splits its recorded history at 1973: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1953 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2023
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Daye by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Daye's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Daye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8 births (44% of all-time use).
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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, 1953–2023 (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 Daye 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.