Dayra
An Arabic name meaning "circle" or "ring".
Name Census estimates that about 1,314 living Americans carry the first name Dayra. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Dayra today is around 15 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Dayra births was 2007 (114 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Dayra. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Dayra is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 15 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.3K
~ 1 in 260,848 Americans
Peak year
2007
114 babies that year
Average age
15
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,580
Tracked since 1980
Census
Dayra in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,282 people with the first name Dayra, which placed it at #10,424 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#10,424
National first-name rank
People counted
1.3K
1,282 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
95.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Dayra
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dayra is Hispanic at 95.2%. The next largest groups are White (2.4%) and Black (2.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Dayra described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Dayra at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino95.2% · 1,220
- White2.4% · 31
- Black or African American2.2% · 28
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.2% · 2
- Two or more races0.1% · 1
Popularity
Dayra: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Dayra from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 554 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Dayra remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dayra by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Dayra during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Dayras live
The SSA's state-level files cover 9 states and territories. Texas, California, Arizona recorded the most babies named Dayra, while Colorado, North Carolina, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 70 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Dayra
The name Dayra is believed to have originated from the Persian language, likely during the medieval period. It is thought to be derived from the Persian word "dayra," which means "circle" or "loop." This could suggest that the name was initially associated with concepts of unity, wholeness, or perhaps even the cyclical nature of life and the universe.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Dayra can be found in Persian poetry from the 12th century. It is mentioned in several verses by the renowned poet Nizami Ganjavi, who was born in 1141 and lived in the region of modern-day Azerbaijan. Nizami's works, such as the famous epic "Khamsah," contain references to a woman named Dayra, although little is known about her historical identity.
In the 14th century, there are records of a prominent Muslim scholar and theologian named Dayra al-Din al-Samarqandi, who was born in 1322 in Samarkand, which is now part of modern-day Uzbekistan. He made significant contributions to the study of Islamic jurisprudence and wrote several influential treatises on the subject.
During the 16th century, the name Dayra appears in Ottoman Turkish records, suggesting its use among the ruling elite of the Ottoman Empire. One notable figure from this period was Dayra Khanum, a princess and the daughter of Sultan Selim II, who ruled from 1566 to 1574.
In the 19th century, there was a famous Afghan poet and writer named Dayra Khan, who was born in 1830 in Kandahar. He is renowned for his contributions to the Pashto language and literature, and his works are still widely studied and appreciated in Afghanistan and Pakistan today.
Another notable individual with the name Dayra was Dayra Khan Shahjehanpuri, an Indian Muslim scholar and Sufi mystic who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in 1879 in Shahjehanpur, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and was known for his teachings on Islamic spirituality and philosophy.
People
Dayra + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Dayra as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Dayra: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dayra?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,314 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Dayra going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 260,848 US residents.
Is Dayra a common name?
We classify Dayra as "Rare". It ranks above 91.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,330 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Dayra most popular?
The single biggest year for Dayra was 2007, when 114 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Dayra is about 15 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Dayra in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,282 people with the name Dayra, or 0.42 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #10,424 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Dayra in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Dayra?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Dayra appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,289 people counted with this name, 99.5% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Dayra?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dayra is Hispanic at 95.2%. The next largest groups are White (2.4%) and Black (2.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Dayra most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Dayra in the 2020 Census, accounting for 95.2% (1,220 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Dayra in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Dayra a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Dayra in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Dayra still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Dayra in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Dayra can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Dayra?
See how many Americans are named Dayra on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.