Dayshia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-shuh
- Origin
- Modern
Dayshia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Dayshia come from?
Modern: modern coinage
Is Dayshia a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayshia is a girls' name.
How popular is Dayshia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Dayshia in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dayshia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Dayshia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Salma, Zaira, Aaliyah, Zaniya, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Hiba, Zainab, Zamya, Zayla, Jaliyah
Names related to Dayshia
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, “Dayshia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayshia, updated 20 October 2026.