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Da

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Achieve, arrive at, intelligent

Da has been given to 302 babies in the U.S. since 1983. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.

Babies named Da, 2010

1 in 616,000

Da over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Da over time

In 2010, Da went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Da: meaning, origin, and history

Achieve, arrive at, intelligent

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Da means

Da means “achieve, arrive at, intelligent”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Da is used in Chinese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ta/ for Da.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 186 boys were recorded with the name Da between 1983 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1999; its best national rank was #3,484 in 1990.

In the United States, 116 girls were recorded with the name Da between 1990 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1991; its best national rank was #6,320 in 1991.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Da?

Da had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010
1 in 616,000
6 of 3,695,928 births
Among boys only
1 in 320,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2010
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
426,971 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Da sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 426,971 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Da. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Das were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Da was born before 1995 — so the typical Da is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
66.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
186
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 66.1% of all recorded uses (123).

Is Da rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1999 (19)
Years since peak
26
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,484
1990

Where Da is used

Across 1910–2025, Da was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 628,715 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in —
  3. 3Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Da has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Da around the world

Where Da ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Da by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,484
1990
Peak year
1999
19 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
186
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,320
1991
Peak year
1991
14 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
116
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Da

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Da

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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