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Dayana

Pronounced D EY1 AA1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 2008
  • 55 years in use
  • 3 spellings
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How popular is Dayana?

Dayana is a girls' name, and first appears in 1970. It has been given to 19,833 children — the 936th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2008, when 977 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Dayanna, Deyanna and Deyana — because they are pronounced identically.

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Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Dayana and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Dayanna
  • Deyanna
  • Deyana

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
D EY1 AA1 N AH0 · D EY1 AE1 N AH0
Stress pattern:
110 · 110
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Dayana

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Dayana

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Dayana?
Dayana ranks 936th among girls' names in US records, with 19,833 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,920.
Is Dayana a unisex name?
No. Dayana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Dayana most popular?
2008, when 977 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Dayana spelled?
Dayanna, Deyanna, Deyana. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.