Daya
Girl name · Sanskrit origin
Daya meaning
A bird
- Also recorded (Sanskrit): pity, mercy, compassion
Daya at a glance
- Used as
- Girl name
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Listed in
- Muslim baby names
- Script form
- दयाAs listed by Wiktionary; not independently verifiedديةAs listed by MuslimNames.com; not independently verified
- Latest U.S. rank (girl)
- #3,629 in 2024
- Meaning themes
- nature
Daya popularity in the U.S.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1980 | #7,417 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 2010 | #6,903 | 18 |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 |
| 2020 | #4,169 | 33 |
| 2024 | #3,629 | 42 |
All 42 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1974 | #7,679 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1979 | #7,314 | 8 |
| 1980 | #7,417 | 8 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,145 | 6 |
| 1985 | #9,306 | 6 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1987 | #11,324 | 5 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1993 | #13,441 | 5 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 |
| 2003 | #4,802 | 26 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2005 | #5,998 | 20 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 |
| 2010 | #6,903 | 18 |
| 2011 | #5,725 | 23 |
| 2012 | #6,338 | 20 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2014 | #5,024 | 27 |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 |
| 2016 | #3,464 | 45 |
| 2017 | #3,191 | 50 |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 |
| 2019 | #4,341 | 32 |
| 2020 | #4,169 | 33 |
| 2021 | #3,337 | 47 |
| 2022 | #4,670 | 29 |
| 2023 | #3,637 | 42 |
| 2024 | #3,629 | 42 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; MuslimNames.com via the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset.
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