Dayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Dayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
Where does Dayla come from?
Modern: modern name of uncertain origin
Is Dayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Dayla, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Dayla in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Dayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #2,895 for this spelling alone.
Dayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 82 | #2,265 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,174 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,780 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
Names like Dayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayla Ayla Zayla Safa Amira Zaira Salma Samira Myla Layla Rayla Summer
Other spellings of Dayla
Names related to Dayla
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Dayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayla, updated 20 October 2026.