Dayna is an established variant of Dawn that peaked in 1987 and has since faded.
Dayna is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #6,604 for girl births in the United States (and #11,464 across all names), given to 17 babies. Dayna first appears in 1937 and peaked in 1988 (361 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | #6,604 | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | #5,998 | — |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | #4,785 | — |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | #4,938 | — |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | #4,647 | — |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | #3,701 | — |
| 2019 | 37 | 37 | #3,943 | — |
| 2018 | 54 | 54 | #3,019 | — |
| 2017 | 38 | 38 | #3,936 | — |
| 2016 | 47 | 47 | #3,389 | — |
| 2015 | 44 | 44 | #3,547 | — |
| 2014 | 57 | 57 | #2,978 | — |
| 2013 | 56 | 56 | #2,984 | — |
| 2012 | 69 | 69 | #2,605 | — |
| 2011 | 73 | 73 | #2,488 | — |
| 2010 | 81 | 81 | #2,347 | — |
| 2009 | 95 | 95 | #2,123 | — |
| 2008 | 125 | 130 | #1,765 | — |
| 2007 | 139 | 139 | #1,609 | — |
| 2006 | 147 | 147 | #1,497 | — |
| 2005 | 169 | 174 | #1,309 | — |
| 2004 | 174 | 174 | #1,250 | — |
| 2003 | 188 | 188 | #1,150 | — |
| 2002 | 200 | 200 | #1,064 | — |
| 2001 | 197 | 203 | #1,078 | — |
| 2000 | 220 | 228 | #963 | — |
| 1999 | 220 | 227 | #946 | — |
| 1998 | 198 | 206 | #1,009 | — |
| 1997 | 250 | — | #828 | — |
| 1996 | 224 | — | #879 | — |
| 1995 | 272 | — | #759 | #9,173 |
| 1994 | 266 | — | #784 | #9,123 |
| 1993 | 259 | — | #790 | — |
| 1992 | 278 | — | #754 | — |
| 1991 | 333 | — | #655 | — |
| 1990 | 351 | — | #640 | — |
| 1989 | 348 | — | #621 | #7,183 |
| 1988 | 361 | — | #571 | — |
| 1987 | 368 | — | #558 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 260 | — | #697 | — |
| 1985 | 342 | — | #577 | #6,771 |
| 1984 | 321 | — | #574 | — |
| 1983 | 294 | — | #603 | — |
| 1982 | 356 | — | #543 | — |
| 1981 | 331 | — | #561 | — |
| 1980 | 340 | — | #547 | — |
| 1979 | 340 | — | #548 | — |
| 1978 | 251 | — | #656 | #5,205 |
| 1977 | 290 | — | #600 | #5,283 |
| 1976 | 234 | — | #675 | #4,090 |
| 1975 | 221 | — | #694 | #5,660 |
| 1974 | 276 | — | #575 | — |
| 1973 | 226 | — | #687 | #3,781 |
| 1972 | 285 | — | #576 | — |
| 1971 | 285 | — | #601 | — |
| 1970 | 287 | — | #605 | — |
| 1969 | 277 | — | #596 | — |
| 1968 | 255 | — | #603 | — |
| 1967 | 260 | — | #596 | #4,088 |
| 1966 | 213 | — | #662 | — |
| 1965 | 246 | — | #630 | #4,028 |
| 1964 | 273 | — | #606 | — |
| 1963 | 265 | — | #626 | #4,187 |
| 1962 | 212 | — | #710 | — |
| 1961 | 175 | — | #792 | — |
| 1960 | 167 | — | #818 | #4,161 |
| 1959 | 164 | — | #797 | — |
| 1958 | 157 | — | #802 | — |
| 1957 | 132 | — | #888 | — |
| 1956 | 124 | — | #897 | — |
| 1955 | 123 | — | #877 | — |
| 1954 | 56 | — | #1,334 | — |
| 1953 | 45 | — | #1,551 | #3,937 |
| 1952 | 58 | — | #1,251 | — |
| 1951 | 58 | — | #1,216 | — |
| 1950 | 44 | — | #1,381 | — |
| 1949 | 37 | — | #1,515 | — |
| 1948 | 32 | — | #1,650 | — |
| 1947 | 31 | — | #1,729 | — |
| 1946 | 20 | — | #2,103 | — |
| 1945 | 31 | — | #1,456 | — |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #2,426 | — |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #3,298 | — |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,858 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | — | #3,581 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,935 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,521 | — |