Is Dayan a boy or girl name?

Dayan is a unisex name. Of the 746 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 27.4% were girls and 72.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2008, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Dayan

Recorded 1968–2025 · United States

Dayan was most popular in 2024, when 41 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,467 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,425, with 33 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 746 people named Dayan.

Dayan over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dayan’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dayan a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dayan is a unisex name — 27.4% of the 746 Americans given it were girls and 72.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2008 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% 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.

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