Daya Girl
How popular is Daya?
#3,516 girl name in 2025
43 baby girls were named Daya in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
Daya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,516 for girls (▲ 59 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 girls, 8 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+2% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,649 in 2015, #4,167 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (52 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,106 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Daya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Daya family of names ranked #2,165 for girls in 2025 (#2,076 the year before), with 59 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Daya | 43 | 73% |
| Daia | 11 | 19% |
| Dayah | 5 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Daya is most popular
Babies named Daya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Daya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1970s | 33 | #4,651 |
| 1980s | 36 | #7,417 |
| 1990s | 63 | #6,068 |
| 2000s | 218 | #4,799 |
| 2010s | 335 | #3,106 |
| 2020s | 237 | #3,338 |
Girl names about as popular as Daya
Questions
- Is Daya a boy or girl name?
- Daya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Daya were girls.
- How popular is the name Daya?
- 43 baby girls were named Daya in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
- When was Daya most popular?
- Daya peaked in 2018, when 52 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,106 in 2018.
- How many people are named Daya?
- 935 babies have been named Daya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 926 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Daya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Daya was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.