How Many People Are Named Daena?
An estimated 601 people in the United States have the first name Daena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 34 years old, and Daena peaked in popularity in 2001 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Daena as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Daena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
601
About 1 in 570,307 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
34
years old
Peak Year
2001
18 births
Total Registered
638
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Daena
Daena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 638 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Daena as a female name
Ranked #13,818 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2001 (18 births)
Daena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Daena span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 134 babies were registered. Daena has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Daena by Decade
How has Daena tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Daena by State
Daena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Daena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Daena
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Daena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Daena?
We estimate approximately 601 people named Daena are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 570,307 Americans share this first name.
Is Daena a common name?
Daena is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 638 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Daena most popular?
Daena reached peak popularity in 2001, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Daena is approximately 34 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Daena a female name?
Daena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Daena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Daena Smith, Daena Johnson, Daena Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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