girls:
245 births since 2007
#5471 (4th percentile)
overall:
245 births since 2007
#7494 (3rd percentile)
The name Dalayah is the #7,494 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 245 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,471 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 245 births since 2007.
Dalayah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (first recorded for girls in 2007). Birth data for Dalayah is available in 16 out of the 17 years between 2007 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Dalayah reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #918) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dalayah ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 86.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dalayah".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Dalayah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Dalayah is pronounced as duh-LAY-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-LAI-uh, at 16.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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