Given name & surname

Daia

Daia is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Daia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Daia through the years

Babies since 1880
112
0 boys · 112 girls
Most popular year
2023
24 babies
2025
11
#8,990 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+37%
Rising
05101520002025Highest share 20236.8
Daia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,990 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

DaiaDaniaDiaDayaDaianaDainaDajaDaiane

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 7

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Daia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Dally

Dally is a surname.

26RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Dewa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Taissa

13Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Aizel

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Adanaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Adaiyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Daia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.