Dalaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dalaya by the numbers

Dalaya was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dalaya

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 Dalaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dalyabranch; a form of Dalia13 in the US (2017)
  • Daliyabranch or flowing water; a form of Dalia4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dalayza24 in the US (2017)
  • Dalayah17 in the US (2017)
  • Danaya17 in the US (2017)
  • Damaya13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dalaya

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

  • Dahliaflower named after botanist anders dahl790 in the US (2017)
  • Daliabranch; a form of Dahlia54 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daliahbranch; a form of Dalia or Dahlia45 in the US (2017)
  • Dahliahvalley; a form of Dalia or Dahlia6 in the US (2017)
  • Daleah19 in the US (2017)
  • Dahlya8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dalaya

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