Dayna
- Pronunciation
- [Day-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- From Denmark. Also A Variant Of Daniel.
- Origin
- English
Dayna Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 14,441 baby girls have been named Dayna. The name peaked in 1988 with 361 US births that year (rank #571). In 2024, ranked #5976 nationally — 5,405 places below its 1988 peak.
Top States for Dayna
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Dayna births are: California (1,824), New York (1,154), Texas (1,135).
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5-Letter Names Starting with D
Names with Dayna's exact length and starting letter: Dabir, Dacey, Dacia, Dacio, Daena.
Quick Facts About Dayna
US Popularity History (2000–2000)
Annual US births named Dayna by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 220 girls named Dayna (girl rank #963 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Dayna Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 1999–2008 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Dayna the strongest states are New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #664 | 51 |
| 2 | New York | #676 | 120 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #751 | 25 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | #758 | 23 |
| 5 | Michigan | #794 | 47 |
| 6 | Arizona | #860 | 21 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | #860 | 21 |
| 2 | Michigan | #794 | 47 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #758 | 23 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | #751 | 25 |
| 5 | New York | #676 | 120 |
| 6 | New Jersey | #664 | 51 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 1999–2008. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Dayna in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dania | From Denmark. Also A Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Dayna against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).