Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dayna

#1,283 most common girls' name of all time · #2,244 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1937–2025

Rank among girls
#1,283
Rank overall
#2,244 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
14,547
Since 2016
337
Peak year
1987 #558
Best rank
#543 1982
Girls Boys peak 368/yr
19401960198020002020

Dayna first appears in 1937. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 17 #6,603
2024 20 20 #6,009
2023 28 28 #4,774
2022 27 27 #4,928
2021 29 29 #4,632
2020 40 40 #3,688
2019 37 37 #3,939
2018 54 54 #3,017
2017 38 38 #3,941
2016 47 47 #3,388
2015 44 44 #3,550
2014 57 57 #2,979
2013 56 56 #2,980
2012 69 69 #2,605
2011 73 73 #2,490
2010 81 81 #2,350
2009 95 95 #2,126
2008 125 125 #1,765
2007 139 139 #1,607
2006 147 147 #1,501
2005 169 169 #1,309
2004 174 174 #1,250
2003 188 188 #1,151
2002 200 200 #1,064
2001 197 197 #1,078
2000 220 220 #964
1999 220 220 #947
1998 198 198 #1,009
1997 250 250 #830
1996 224 224 #883
1995 267 5 272 #760
1994 261 5 266 #784
1993 259 259 #790
1992 278 278 #756
1991 333 333 #656
1990 351 351 #641
1989 342 6 348 #621
1988 361 361 #570
1987 360 8 368 #558
1986 260 260 #697
1985 337 5 342 #579
1984 321 321 #574
1983 294 294 #603
1982 356 356 #543
1981 331 331 #560
1980 340 340 #548
1979 340 340 #550
1978 245 6 251 #657
1977 284 6 290 #602
1976 226 8 234 #676
1975 216 5 221 #695
1974 276 276 #575
1973 218 8 226 #687
1972 285 285 #577
1971 285 285 #601
1970 287 287 #605
1969 277 277 #597
1968 255 255 #603
1967 255 5 260 #597
1966 213 213 #664
1965 241 5 246 #629
1964 273 273 #607
1963 260 5 265 #626
1962 212 212 #710
1961 175 175 #792
1960 162 5 167 #821
1959 164 164 #799
1958 157 157 #804
1957 132 132 #893
1956 124 124 #902
1955 123 123 #878
1954 56 56 #1,341
1953 40 5 45 #1,559
1952 58 58 #1,254
1951 58 58 #1,223
1950 44 44 #1,395
1949 37 37 #1,538
1948 32 32 #1,666
1947 31 31 #1,750
1946 20 20 #2,144
1945 31 31 #1,480
1944 14 14 #2,505
1943 9 9 #3,468
1942 11 11 #2,974
1940 7 7 #3,830
1938 6 6 #4,308
1937 7 7 #3,786