Is Daya a boy or girl name?

Daya is a girl’s name. Of the 935 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys.

Daya

Recorded 1964–2025 · United States

Daya was most popular in 2018, when 52 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,407 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,540, with 51 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 935 people named Daya.

Daya over time

Births per year. The dot marks Daya’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Daya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Daya is a girl’s name — 99.1% of the 935 Americans given it were girls and 0.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 98% girls and 2% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Daya

Where Daya is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 4.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org