Dayna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dayna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dayna: Recorded since 1987, it reached #192 in 1998, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#192highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#368
1997	#404
1998	#425
1999	#429
2000	#701
2001	#816
2002	#761
2003	#1325
2004	#1252
2005	#1200
2006	#1748
2007	#2085
2008	#1815
2009	#1752
2010	#2392
2011	#2636
2012	#2521
2013	#2176
2014	#2862
2015	#3615
2016	#2757
2017	#2090
2018	#2499
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#4634
2022	#5669
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 35 years from 1987 to 2021.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4634 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1987–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #386 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1987–2021
Highest recorded position: #192 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1987–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Dayna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1987, and has registered 206 births with the name.

Dayna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dayna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#386 (1987)	#192 (1998)	#883 (2021)	29 of 35	206 (1987–2021)	19 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#368 (1996)	#368 (1996)	#4709 (2023)	28 of 28	626 (1996–2023)	91 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#348 (2000)	#348 (2000)	2 of 4	6 (1997–2000)	3 (1997)

Dayna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dayna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	23	3 of 10	8
1990sbusiest	67	7 of 10	10
2000s	71	9 of 10	8
2010s	42	9 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Dayna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1987 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #192 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Dayna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#761	33	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#816	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#701	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#429	70	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#425	72	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#404	78	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#368	91	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	17	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	12	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1987 and 2023, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #192, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Dayyan · #1756, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Keane · #193, 30y
Ned · #193, 31y
Kelsie · #190, 31y
Kendra · #194, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Caomhan · #192, 20y
Keri · #191, 20y
Ned · #193, 31y
Ilyas · #194, 34y

Dayna was ranked #192 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dayna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dayna without appearing here.

Dayna moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2521 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #3160.
Tracey Compare
In 2008 they stood at #750 and #665 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #410 and #893.
Bernadette Compare
In 2014 they stood at #752 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #532 and #896.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #907 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #532 and #896.

Moved ahead of Dayna

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1286.
Denise Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #3148.
Levi Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #3533.
Diane Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Dayna

Abigail Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dayna went from #386 to #883 while Abigail went from #417 to #93.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dayna went from #386 to #883 while Alexandra went from #310 to #106.
Alice Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dayna went from #386 to #883 while Alice went from #116 to #40.
Anna Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dayna went from #386 to #883 while Anna went from #71 to #21.

Moved the same way as Dayna

Aoife Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dayna went from #386 to #883 and Aoife from #9 to #32.
Audrey Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dayna went from #386 to #883 and Audrey from #119 to #661.
Eileen Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dayna went from #386 to #883 and Eileen from #96 to #322.
Margaret Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dayna went from #386 to #883 and Margaret from #24 to #190.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1987 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #192 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Dayna

Dayna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dayna across 3 official records

Dayna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dayna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Dayna at a glance

Dayna across 3 official records

Dayna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dayna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Dayna

Dayna and the names beside it

Dayna moved ahead of

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