girls:
2.5k births since 1924
#3466 (39th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1971
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1924
#5335 (31st percentile)
The name Daina is the #5,335 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,505 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 31.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,466 (39.3% percentile) for all time with 2,500 births since 1924. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1971.
Daina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Daina is available in 81 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (81 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Daina has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Daina reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 10.6% percentile (ranked #701) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 45 births per million (ranked 10.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Daina ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 14.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Daina reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #667) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1971.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Daina".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Daina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.4% confident that Daina is pronounced as DAY-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAI-nuh, at 31.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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