Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Dayna 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 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dayna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,547
- 87 boys · 14,460 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 368 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,604 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,604 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 44.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 361 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,651 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dayna
- Dayna AshLebanese poet and cultural activistborn 1901
- Dayna SmithAmerican photographerborn 1962
- Dayna DevonAmerican TV Personality, journalistborn 1970
- Dayna ManningCanadian musicianborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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