Daija

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1997 · 258 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,065
since 1986

Daija over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Daija has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #804, 1997girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#9,55610
2023#9,61610
2022#6,22919
2021#7,63014
2020#5,00325
2019#5,16325
2018#5,61922
2017#6,04420
2016#7,23016
2015#5,28825
2014#6,45119
2013#4,42232
2012#4,12136
2011#3,91638
2010#3,15952
2009#2,67268
2008#2,58472
2007#2,015101
2006#2,35380
2005#1,924100
2004#1,470137
2003#1,212175
2002#1,165176
2001#1,045205
2000#957221
1999#874246
1998#845252
1997#804258
1996#809253
1995#926203
1994#3,61530
1993#3,50631
1992#3,77328
1991#5,39917
1990#5,83515
1989#5,28616
1988#8,3918
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1986#10,9125
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First appearance
1986

The first year at least five girls were named Daija! It came in at #10,912, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1986–1987, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Daija is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedMNIllinois: #821 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,356 girlsILWisconsin: #576 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,172 girlsWIMichigan: #514 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,464 girlsMINew York: #969 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,769 girlsNYMassachusetts: #690 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,360 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedIAIndiana: #641 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,685 girlsINOhio: #694 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,622 girlsOHPennsylvania: #777 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,474 girlsPANew Jersey: #993 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,351 girlsNJConnecticut: #464 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,087 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,262 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 11,729 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedNEMissouri: #422 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,684 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedWVVirginia: #496 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,326 girlsVAMaryland: #589 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,940 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedDEArizona: #868 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,615 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedARTennessee: #737 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,882 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #499 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,338 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #407 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,301 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #463 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,705 girlsLAMississippi: #381 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedALGeorgia: #499 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,290 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Daija, so not publishedHITexas: #822 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 6,082 girlsTXFlorida: #658 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,585 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#381 · 1 in 1,920
  2. South Carolina#407 · 1 in 2,301
  3. Missouri#422 · 1 in 2,684
  4. Louisiana#463 · 1 in 2,705
  5. Connecticut#464 · 1 in 3,087

Best ever in a state: #223 in District of Columbia, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#38161 in 1,920
South Carolina#40771 in 2,301
Missouri#422111 in 2,684
Louisiana#46381 in 2,705
Connecticut#46451 in 3,087
Virginia#496101 in 3,326
Georgia#499131 in 3,290
North Carolina#499121 in 3,338
Michigan#514151 in 3,464
Wisconsin#57661 in 4,172
Maryland#58961 in 3,940
Indiana#64171 in 4,685
Florida#658161 in 4,585
Massachusetts#69051 in 6,360
Ohio#694111 in 5,622
Tennessee#73751 in 5,882
Pennsylvania#77791 in 6,474
Illinois#821111 in 6,356
Texas#822231 in 6,082
Arizona#86851 in 5,615
New York#969131 in 7,769
New Jersey#99351 in 8,351
California#1,262191 in 11,729
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Daija
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 5,386 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #14,942)
  • 9,939 spots since 2020 (#5,003 → #14,942)
  • 9,654 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 2,689 spots in 1995 (#3,615 → #926)
  • Biggest drop: 88 spots in 2001 (#957 → #1,045)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1986
  • Peaked 1997 at #804 (258 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1995–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,747
  • Highest: 1 in 6,747 girls born in 1997 were named Daija (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 43.6% of all girls named Daija (1,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s29#5,286 (1989)#8,196
1990s1,333#804 (1997)#2,639
2000s1,335#957 (2000)#1,740
2010s285#3,159 (2010)#5,141
2020s83#5,003 (2020)#8,829

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Daija in 1997

girls
#804
258 births · 1 in 6,747 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #804Daija258
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 6,747 of them was named Daija, which outranked 95.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daija
  1. #797Silvia260
  2. #802Kayley259
  3. #802Keisha259
  4. #804Daija258
  5. #804Daisha258
  6. #804Mariam258
  7. #804Melina258
  8. #808Estrella257
  9. #808Jodi257
  10. #808Karley257

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →