Daynah — girls' name
58 babies named Daynah in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
58 girls have been named Daynah since 1991, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2011.
- 58
- total births
- 1991–2011
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Daynah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Daynah in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daynah
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Daynah between 1991 and 2011, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daynah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daynah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Daynah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daynah 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 58 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.
Daynah at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daynah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1991
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
58 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 7 births in a single year.
Daynah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 27 births that decade — 47% of Daynah's all-time total
Daynah decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Daynah's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–2011 (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.