Dayani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-YAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Dayani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
Where does Dayani come from?
Modern: perhaps a variant of Dayana (Diana)
Is Dayani a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dayani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,831st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Dayani, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Dayani in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dayani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Dayani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Avani, Dhriti, Anvi, Armani, Navi, Aashvi, Avaya, Sanvi, Ishanvi, Savani, Pranshi
Names related to Dayani
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, “Dayani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayani, updated 20 October 2026.