Dayanara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-ya-NAH-ra
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Dayanara is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Dayanara mean?
Modern: Spanish elaboration of Dayana
Became widely known through Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico, crowned Miss Universe in 1993.
Is Dayanara a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayanara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dayanara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Dayanara, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 909 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer girls named Dayanara than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Dayanara in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dayanara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,557 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 89 | #2,122 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,705 |
| 2011 | 142 | #1,540 |
| 2010 | 215 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 349 | #810 |
| 2008 | 553 | #558 |
| 2007 | 690 | #467 |
| 2006 | 726 | #439 |
| 2005 | 909 | #345 |
| 2004 | 709 | #428 |
| 2003 | 365 | #713 |
| 2002 | 183 | #1,134 |
| 2001 | 167 | #1,212 |
| 2000 | 108 | #1,630 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 57 | #2,262 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,029 |
Names like Dayanara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anika Anaya Isha Dhara Anya Prisha Aisha Sasha Araya Amaya Amira Janiyah
Names related to Dayanara
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Dayanara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayanara, updated 20 October 2026.