Daija

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Daija by the numbers

Daija was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 258 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Daija

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Daija. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dainasong14 in the US (2017)
  • Dwijatwice-born; feminine form of dwij6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daira35 in the US (2017)
  • Daila27 in the US (2017)
  • Daijah26 in the US (2017)
  • Daiya15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Daija

Names that are said the same way as Daija, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Dajah13 in the US (2017)
  • Daja12 in the US (2017)
  • Dayja6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Daija

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