Daynah
Wadi Modaynah is the name of a seasonal watercourse and dam to the south of Shawka in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Meaning & Origin of Daynah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wadi Modaynah is the name of a seasonal watercourse and dam to the south of Shawka in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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The Story of Daynah
Daynah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1991, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 7 births, good for #11,138 nationwide. About 47% of every Daynah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Daynah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 58 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Where is Daynah most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- United States32%
- United Kingdom22%
- TT16%
- Netherlands16%
- Australia14%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Daynah
Daynah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 58 births in the dataset. Daynah's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #11,138. Use the chart and map above to compare Daynah'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.