Dayanara
Dayanara is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Dayanara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dayanara is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Dayanara
American parents first put Dayanara on the record books as a baby girl name in 1974, with 41 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 909 Dayanaras were born — ranking #345 that year. About 72% of every Dayanara on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Dayanara ranks #3,764 for baby girls with 40 births, falling sharply (-31%). All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dayanara
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About the name Dayanara
Dayanara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Dayanara's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #345. Use the chart and map above to compare Dayanara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.