Skip to content
BabyNames
Girl name#1,117 of girl names

Dayna

Pronounced D EY1 N AA1 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1988
  • 88 years in use
Compare

How popular is Dayna?

Dayna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1937. It has been given to 14,872 children — the 1,117th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 394 births across the past decade, against a peak of 361 in a single year. That peak was in 1988.

012525037550019401960198020002020
1988Girls: 361Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
D EY1 N AA1
Stress pattern:
11
Syllables:
2

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

Names like Dayna

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

Sibling names for Dayna

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Dayna?
Dayna ranks 1,117th among girls' names in US records, with 14,872 births since 1937. Over the past decade it accounts for 394.
Is Dayna a unisex name?
No. Dayna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Dayna most popular?
1988, when 361 children were given the name. It has been in use for 88 years and is still recorded as of 2024.