Dayana

What Dayana means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Dayana yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dayana?

US: Falling: down from #582 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2328 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 760 girls got the name (#421 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 4,100 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 28,142 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OK (0.47 per 1,000 girls), VA (0.47 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.45 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Dayana is #716 in the US and #2788 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Dayana were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dayanna111 US
• Dayani38 US
• Teyana31 US · 3 E&W
• Dyani23 US
• Tyana18 US
• Diyana0 US · 12 E&W
• Tayanna10 US
• Tayana9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dayana

Girls

• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls

For a brother

• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dayana’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.