Fun Facts About the Name Daia
- 112 babies named Daia: U.S. records list 112 babies given the name Daia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Daia Mean?
Daia is a rare feminine given name, and no origin for it is firmly documented. It is sometimes explained as a spelling of Daya, from Sanskrit dayā, meaning "compassion" or "mercy," a word that appears in many South Asian personal names. A separate Hebrew word, daya (דַּיָּה), means "kite," the bird of prey named in the Hebrew Bible, but that is an ordinary noun rather than a recorded given name with that meaning. These two sources are not related to each other, so Daia has no single established meaning; where a family's use can be traced to one of them, the meaning follows that language, and otherwise the meaning is uncertain.
Daia Name History & Origins
As a given name, Daia has no long written record that can be followed from one language to another. Names spelled Daya are used in India and among Indian communities abroad, where dayā functions as a common word for compassion as well as a name element; the same spelling is used by Hebrew speakers for the bird name. Whether English-language use of Daia comes from either tradition, or arose on its own, is not documented. The spelling also appears as a Romanian place name, as in the village of Daia Română in Alba County and other Romanian localities, but a place name of that kind is a separate matter from the personal name.
How Popular is the Name Daia?
Daia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #5,276 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,990 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #8,028 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #5,276 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #9,100 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #9,723 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #14,207 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #9,307 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #10,138 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #14,749 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #16,706 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #14,935 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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