Dayshia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dayshia

The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Dayshia between 1987 and 2011, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dayshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dayshia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dayshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dayshia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dayshia 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 241 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.