Daira
Feminine · “the knowing one”
Daira is a Greek name from the Eleusinian mysteries — Daeira was a figure in the rites at Eleusis, and her name means the knowing one.
How old is the name Daira?
Daira first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Daira alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 1,300 people named Daira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daira most popular?
Daira peaked in 2007, reaching #1908 nationally. Today it ranks #4352, 2,444 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daira
Ours, offered as ours. The Eleusinian mysteries ran for nearly two thousand years and initiates were sworn not to describe them, which they largely did not — so the rites are among the best-kept secrets in history. Daeira, the knowing one, appears in the fragments around them. Her name is a title about knowledge in a cult whose whole point was knowledge that could not be spoken. The Spanish-language Daira almost certainly comes from elsewhere entirely.
Meaningscholars disagree
the knowing one
Greek Daeira is generally read from a root meaning to know or to teach; she appears in the Eleusinian material as a sea nymph or as a title of Persephone. Separately the Spanish-language Daira belongs to the Day- family of Latin American naming.
Pronouncing Daira
DY-rah
Two syllables, first stressed. Some families say dah-EE-rah.
Nicknames for Daira
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most girls named
- 2007108 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1908reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%32 in 2025, from 32
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daira in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Δάειρα in Greek — related form
- Dayra in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Georgia.
Dairas among us
people named Daira are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 50,227 born in 2025 was named Daira
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Daira
- #4352
- Daira on the 2025 chart
- #893
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Daira went to 32 girls in 2025, but Dayra is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 67, which makes it the 893rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,459 places above the chart.
- Dayra35
- Daira32
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 50,227 for Daira itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Donelle test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daira's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Donelle climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Donelle's path sketches the road Daira is walking now.
Daira sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Daira is headed
Daira should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Daira beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daira in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A genuinely obscure and interesting Greek figure stands behind one reading.
- Ira is a complete short form in several languages.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Daira, Dayra and Dara are all in use and none is dominant.
- The syllable count is unsettled between two and three.
- The Greek connection is not documented for most families using it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dairas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Daira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Daira?
- Daira is one of 2 recorded spellings. Dayra is the more common one — 35 births in 2025 against 32 for Daira.
- How popular is the name Daira in 2025?
- Daira ranks #4352 among US girl names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daira?
- About 1 in every 50,227 US girls born in 2025 was named Daira — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daira with classmates?
- Daira will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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