Dayana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-YAH-na
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #716 for girls
Dayana is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “divine”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 716th for girls in the US (392 babies).
What does Dayana mean?
Latin: Spanish phonetic spelling of Diana
“divine”
A Spanish phonetic spelling of Diana, the Roman goddess of the moon and the hunt.
Is Dayana a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 392 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dayana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Dayana, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 25 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Dayana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Dayana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Dayana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Dayana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #716among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 392about 1 in 4,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 392 girls in the US were named Dayana, making it the 716th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 611th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 777 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Dayana than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Dayana in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 503 girls in the US were given Dayana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #590, up from #716 for this spelling alone.
- Dayana 392
- Dayanna 111
Dayana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 392 | #716 |
| 2024 | 619 | #497 |
| 2023 | 629 | #488 |
| 2022 | 563 | #546 |
| 2021 | 489 | #610 |
| 2020 | 476 | #611 |
| 2019 | 524 | #582 |
| 2018 | 622 | #499 |
| 2017 | 544 | #560 |
| 2016 | 497 | #606 |
| 2015 | 522 | #582 |
| 2014 | 490 | #601 |
| 2013 | 543 | #547 |
| 2012 | 701 | #447 |
| 2011 | 692 | #446 |
| 2010 | 624 | #484 |
| 2009 | 760 | #421 |
| 2008 | 777 | #412 |
| 2007 | 576 | #541 |
| 2006 | 529 | #557 |
| 2005 | 513 | #558 |
| 2004 | 434 | #627 |
| 2003 | 392 | #674 |
| 2002 | 316 | #764 |
| 2001 | 283 | #820 |
| 2000 | 250 | #881 |
| 1999 | 179 | #1,106 |
| 1998 | 161 | #1,165 |
| 1997 | 204 | #966 |
| 1996 | 134 | #1,286 |
| 1995 | 133 | #1,262 |
| 1994 | 276 | #750 |
| 1993 | 124 | #1,338 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,826 |
| 1990 | 74 | #1,888 |
| 1989 | 57 | #2,142 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Dayana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Aisha Amira Khadija Amara Raya Amaya Hana Prisha Safa Maya Maryam
Other spellings of Dayana
Names related to Dayana
Daiana Danya Daania Dayna Daanya Danaya Dayani Dahiana Dayonna
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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, “Dayana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayana, updated 20 October 2026.