Fun Facts About the Name Dayana
- More than 15 thousand babies named Dayana: U.S. records list 15,597 babies given the name Dayana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Dayana Mean?
Dayana is generally treated as a variant of Diana, a name of Latin origin. Its established meaning is 'divine' or 'heavenly,' from the Latin divus or dius, meaning 'god' or 'divine.' The name belongs to the Roman goddess Diana, and the later personal name comes from hers. The exact etymology of Diana itself is disputed: alongside the 'divine' explanation, some scholars connect the name to an older Indo-European root meaning 'to shine' or 'bright sky,' a root that also underlies the names Zeus and Jupiter. That link is a proposal rather than a settled fact. The y spelling in Dayana reflects a respelling found in Spanish, where i is often written y, and in several Slavic languages.
Dayana Name History & Origins
The source name, Diana, belonged to the Roman goddess of the hunt, the moon, and childbirth, who was worshipped in Italy from at least the early Roman Republic and appears in Latin literature and inscriptions. As a given name, Diana was used across Europe in the Middle Ages and afterward, partly through classical tradition and partly through Christian veneration of saints of that name. The form Dayana is a respelling that appears in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions and in Eastern Europe. In Spanish, Diana can be written Dayana because y commonly replaces i in names; the same spelling is used in Russia, Bulgaria, and Romania (Даяна) as a form of Diana, and it is also found among Hispanic communities in the United States. Dayana should not be confused with the related respelling Dayanna, nor with Deyanira, the Spanish form of the Greek name Deianira.
How Popular is the Name Dayana?
Dayana recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2008. Its best rank was #412 in 2008.
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 | #716 | 392 | 0.0244% |
| 2024 | #494 | 619 | 0.0384% |
| 2023 | #487 | 628 | 0.0392% |
| 2022 | #546 | 563 | 0.0344% |
| 2021 | #610 | 489 | 0.0298% |
| 2020 | #612 | 476 | 0.0295% |
| 2019 | #582 | 524 | 0.0312% |
| 2018 | #499 | 622 | 0.0366% |
| 2017 | #560 | 544 | 0.0315% |
| 2016 | #606 | 497 | 0.0281% |
| 2015 | #582 | 522 | 0.0292% |
| 2014 | #601 | 490 | 0.0274% |
| 2013 | #547 | 543 | 0.0310% |
| 2012 | #447 | 701 | 0.0398% |
| 2011 | #446 | 692 | 0.0393% |
| 2010 | #484 | 624 | 0.0351% |
| 2009 | #421 | 760 | 0.0414% |
| 2008 | #412 | 777 | 0.0411% |
| 2007 | #541 | 576 | 0.0300% |
| 2006 | #557 | 529 | 0.0278% |
| 2005 | #558 | 513 | 0.0278% |
| 2004 | #627 | 434 | 0.0236% |
| 2003 | #674 | 392 | 0.0215% |
| 2002 | #764 | 316 | 0.0176% |
| 2001 | #820 | 283 | 0.0157% |
| 2000 | #883 | 250 | 0.0138% |
| 1999 | #1,111 | 179 | 0.0101% |
| 1998 | #1,167 | 161 | 0.0091% |
| 1997 | #967 | 204 | 0.0117% |
| 1996 | #1,288 | 134 | 0.0076% |
| 1995 | #1,267 | 133 | 0.0076% |
| 1994 | #755 | 276 | 0.0155% |
| 1993 | #1,341 | 124 | 0.0069% |
| 1992 | #2,086 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 1991 | #1,837 | 77 | 0.0041% |
| 1990 | #1,895 | 74 | 0.0039% |
| 1989 | #2,152 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 1988 | #2,658 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1987 | #2,794 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1986 | #2,742 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1985 | #3,102 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1984 | #3,165 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1983 | #2,923 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1982 | #3,193 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1981 | #3,158 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1980 | #4,780 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1979 | #3,802 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1978 | #7,806 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #5,597 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #6,169 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #4,404 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #7,052 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #8,722 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #7,493 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #6,136 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #7,268 | 6 | 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.
