Daysha
Feminine
Daysha belongs to the American -aysha family, and it has a real Russian neighbor: Dasha, which is the household form of Daria.
How old is the name Daysha?
Daysha first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Daysha alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 2,600 people named Daysha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daysha most popular?
Daysha peaked in 1996, reaching #1164 nationally. Today it ranks #3903, 2,739 places below that high. See the whole 1996 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daysha
Ours, offered as ours. There is a genuinely grand ancestor sitting one language away: Daria is the women's form of Darius, and Darius is Darayavaush, an Old Persian throne name meaning something like he who holds firm the good — the name of the king who built Persepolis. Russian wore it down to Dasha, which is what a grandmother calls a child. Daysha in American records almost certainly comes from elsewhere, and the Persian king is a fine thing to have nearby.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for this spelling. Russian Dasha clips Daria, from Persian Darayavaush, holding firm the good — the same name as Darius. The Day- opening and -sha ending of modern American naming are the other and likelier source.
Pronouncing Daysha
DAY-shah
Two syllables, first stressed. Some families say dah-EE-shah.
Nicknames for Daysha
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
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 1996156 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1164reached in 1996
- Change vs 2024
- −5.1%37 in 2025, from 39
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.
Daysha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dasha in Russian — related form
- Deshay in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, Pennsylvania.
Dayshas among us
people named Daysha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 43,440 born in 2025 was named Daysha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Daysha
- #3903
- Daysha on the 2025 chart
- #897
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Daysha went to 37 girls in 2025, but Daisha is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 63, which makes it the 897th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,006 places above the chart.
- Daysha37
- Daisha26
About 1 girl in 25,512 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 43,440 for Daysha 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 Petrina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daysha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Petrina climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Petrina's path sketches the road Daysha is walking now.
Daysha 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 Daysha is headed
Daysha looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 35% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Daysha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daysha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Shay is a complete short form in its own right.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Six letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Daysha, Deisha and Dasha are all in use and none is dominant.
- It is strongly associated with one American decade.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dayshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Daysha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Daysha?
- Daysha is the most-used spelling in US records — 37 of the 63 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Daisha.
- How popular is the name Daysha in 2025?
- Daysha ranks #3903 among US girl names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daysha?
- About 1 in every 43,440 US girls born in 2025 was named Daysha — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daysha with classmates?
- Daysha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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