Daija
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 258 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,065since 1986
Daija over time
Rank among girls' names. Daija has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 |
| 2012 | #4,121 | 36 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 |
| 2008 | #2,584 | 72 |
| 2007 | #2,015 | 101 |
| 2006 | #2,353 | 80 |
| 2005 | #1,924 | 100 |
| 2004 | #1,470 | 137 |
| 2003 | #1,212 | 175 |
| 2002 | #1,165 | 176 |
| 2001 | #1,045 | 205 |
| 2000 | #957 | 221 |
| 1999 | #874 | 246 |
| 1998 | #845 | 252 |
| 1997 | #804 | 258 |
| 1996 | #809 | 253 |
| 1995 | #926 | 203 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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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 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#374 · 1 in 1,710
- Virginia#544 · 1 in 3,242
- Michigan#650 · 1 in 4,434
- Maryland#665 · 1 in 3,959
- Tennessee#673 · 1 in 4,289
Best ever in a state: #223 in District of Columbia, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #374 | 12 | 1 in 1,710 |
| Virginia | #544 | 11 | 1 in 3,242 |
| Michigan | #650 | 11 | 1 in 4,434 |
| Maryland | #665 | 6 | 1 in 3,959 |
| Tennessee | #673 | 7 | 1 in 4,289 |
| Ohio | #711 | 11 | 1 in 5,291 |
| Florida | #771 | 15 | 1 in 5,135 |
| Georgia | #774 | 10 | 1 in 4,841 |
| Missouri | #787 | 5 | 1 in 5,583 |
| Indiana | #882 | 5 | 1 in 6,456 |
| Illinois | #970 | 10 | 1 in 6,868 |
| Arizona | #1,041 | 5 | 1 in 6,492 |
| California | #1,642 | 14 | 1 in 15,909 |
| Texas | #1,860 | 9 | 1 in 17,327 |
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See more about Daija
- 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)
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 1997 at #804 (258 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1995–2000
- 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%)
- 43.6% of all girls named Daija (1,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 29 | #5,286 (1989) | #8,196 |
| 1990s | 1,333 | #804 (1997) | #2,639 |
| 2000s | 1,335 | #957 (2000) | #1,740 |
| 2010s | 285 | #3,159 (2010) | #5,141 |
| 2020s | 83 | #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 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 10,210 of them was named Daija, which outranked 93.6% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,161Aya177
- #1,161Cydney177
- #1,161Shianne177
- #1,165Daija176
- #1,165Charlize176
- #1,165Elsie176
- #1,165Jaelynn176
- #1,175Dina175
- #1,175Gemma175
- #1,175Kalie175
Tied with 9 names at #1,165; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.