Daina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DY-nuh
- Origin
- Baltic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Daina is a girls' name of Baltic origin, meaning “song, folk song”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Daina mean?
Baltic: Latvian and Lithuanian word daina
“song, folk song”
In Latvian culture, dainas are short traditional folk songs, famously collected in huge numbers by the folklorist Krišjānis Barons.
Is Daina a girl's or a boy's name?
Daina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Daina in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Daina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Daina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Daina, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1964, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Daina in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 47 | #2,202 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 51 | #2,024 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,661 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,765 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,952 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,535 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,196 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,534 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,755 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,728 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,887 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,659 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,646 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,689 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,172 |
| 1963 | 60 | #1,435 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,671 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,611 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,672 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,551 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,732 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,023 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
Names like Daina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cara Jessica Erin Keira Francesca Darcie Tara Lara Holly Robyn Darla Ffion
Names related to Daina
Diana Dana Dania Dina Dan Dani Diyana Daiana Danna Danae Dianna
More Baltic names
Aras Liepa Herkus Gabija Tauras Vaida Ugne Austeja Domas Vakaris Aija Alanta Deimantas Deimante Domantas Eimantas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daina, updated 20 October 2026.