Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Daya

Gender

Female

Origin

Indian
compassion

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Daya

Pronunciation

da-ya

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #8910, 8 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #3107, 52 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3517, 43 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025843
2024–42
2023–42
2022–29
2021–47
2020–33
2019–32
2018–52
2017–50
2016–45

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #2266, 10 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #918, 39 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1111, 30 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20251030
2024739
2023531
2022–22
2021525
2020–21
2019–34
2018737
2017631
2016826

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #1436, 25 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1859, 16 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202316
20227
202125
202015
201912
201816
20179
201612
201514
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #680, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20184
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #519, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #457, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019–8
2018–6
2017––
2016–5
2015–6
201466

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence