Girls' name · since 1937
Dayna
Dayna has 14,460 recorded births since 1937 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,460
- born since 1937
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dayna is the #6596 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 14,460 recorded since 1937.
Dayna has 14,460 recorded births among girls since 1937, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6596 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 2025.
- #1,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,596 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 14,460 born since 1937
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dayna ranks #1,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,596 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 14,460 born since 1937, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,460
- born since 1937
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dayna's 14,460 recorded births place it above 98.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dayna compares
14,460 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Dayna's all-time total is 38x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dayna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14,460 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 361 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dayna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dayna's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1938, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 361, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dayna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 361
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Dayna popularity over time - boys
87 total births recorded since 1953 (Dayna as boys' name)
Dayna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (3,302 births, 23% of the file).
1980s was Dayna's strongest decade.
3,302 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Dayna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 192
1940s
192 births
- 1950s 956
1950s
956 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,323 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,662 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,302 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,641 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,654 births
- 2010s 556
2010s
556 births
- 2020s 161
2020s
161 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 3,302 births (23% of all-time use).
How Dayna 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 Dayna's total volume
Dayna by state
Where Dayna concentrates geographically, total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,824 | 12.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,154 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,135 | 7.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 933 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 698 | 4.8% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 465 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 459 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 429 | 3.0% |
1,824 of 14,460 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Dayna appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dayna's data
- Dayna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (3,302 total births); usage has since declined to 161 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Daynas (1,824 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dayna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~88 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, 1937–2025 (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 Dayna 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.