Girl’s name · American English, Latin

Dayanna

How to say it: dy-AN-uh · /daɪˈænə/

Modern American variant of Diana, Latin 'divine' - elaborated spelling popular in Hispanic communities.

Dayanna was the 571st most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 111 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, its births are down about 27% in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #619 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#571for girls in 2025
1 in 6,591US babies
111born in 2025
#619projected for 2030
2010sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Dayanna
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#571
Babies born in 2025111
Share of births1 in 6,591
Peak decade2010s
Change over 10 years−27%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#619
In France, 2025#406 among girls’ names, 10 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Dayanna is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 91 per million births, 2010s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Day
  • Daya
  • Anna

Honouring a Dayanna in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Dayanna is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, French, Spanish.

In France: #406 for girls in 2025.

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