NameTides

Daya

Daya was the #3,517 girls' name in the US in 2025 (43 babies), and #1,110 in England & Wales and #1,141 in Canada.

Daya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Daya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Daya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,517 (43)#1,110 (30)—#1,141 (23)
2024#3,575 (43)#918 (39)—#970 (28)
2023#3,640 (42)#1,087 (31)—#1,678 (13)
2022#4,671 (29)#1,416 (22)—#1,635 (13)
2021#3,339 (47)#1,286 (25)—#1,681 (13)
2020#4,169 (33)#1,449 (21)—#1,557 (14)
2019#4,343 (32)#1,017 (34)—#1,408 (17)
2018#3,107 (52)#972 (37)#680 (4)#1,215 (20)
2017#3,192 (50)#1,105 (31)—#1,673 (13)
2016#3,464 (45)#1,278 (26)—#1,157 (22)
2015#3,650 (42)#1,139 (30)—#1,267 (19)
2014#5,025 (27)#1,272 (26)—#2,374 (8)
2013#5,143 (26)#1,291 (26)—#2,888 (6)
2012#6,341 (20)#1,342 (24)—#1,617 (14)
2011#5,728 (23)#1,295 (24)—#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #3,107.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 37,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 37,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Daya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 37,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 24,000 to 1 in 56,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Daya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,887FL
Daya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Daya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DayaCanadaGirls#1,14123
DayaCanadaBoys#2,2698
DayaEngland & WalesGirls#1,11030
DayaEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
DayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DayaScotlandGirls—too few
DayaUSGirls#3,51743
DayaUSBoys#8,9108