Boys' name · since 2003
Dayyan
Dayyan has 121 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,160 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,366 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dayyan currently ranks #9366 among boys' names in America, with 121 babies recorded since 2003.
Dayyan has 121 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9366 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #16,160 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,366 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 121 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dayyan ranks #16,160 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,366 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 121 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,160 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,366 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dayyan's 121 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dayyan compares
121 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Dayyan's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dayyan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 121 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dayyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dayyan's full recorded timeline at 2014, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dayyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Dayyan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Dayyan's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Dayyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Dayyan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dayyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Dayyan 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.