Girls' name · peaked in 2010
Danna name popularity since 1925
25,196 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Danna. Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Danna is about 17 years old in 2026. Danna peaked in 2010 as the #267 name for girls, and it ranked #394 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,196
- Named Danna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #394
- for girls in 2025 (787 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 25,062 girls · 134 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 3.04× its national share
Peak year is the year Danna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Danna births per year, 1925–2025
2010 was the biggest year for Danna both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2000 and 2005, Danna became 4.9× more common, from 1 in 16,500 baby girls to 1 in 3,360.
- Steepest fall: Between 2010 and 2015, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 1,450 to 1 in 2,970.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Danna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Danna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Danna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 51 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 204 | 0 | #1,731 |
| 1940s | 824 | 25 | #844 |
| 1950s | 1,348 | 38 | #865 |
| 1960s | 2,193 | 28 | #700 |
| 1970s | 1,651 | 20 | #850 |
| 1980s | 1,192 | 18 | #1,288 |
| 1990s | 981 | 0 | #1,747 |
| 2000s | 4,454 | 0 | #527 |
| 2010s | 6,949 | 5 | #521 |
| 2020–25 | 5,215 | 0 | #394 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.5% of babies named Danna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Danna is most popular
The index compares Danna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Danna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3.04× | 4,940 |
| Arizona | 2.35× | 630 |
| California | 1.96× | 4,298 |
| Colorado | 1.54× | 393 |
| Florida | 1.44× | 1,076 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Danna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Danna (this page) | 25,062 | 2010 |
| Dana | 192,560 | 1971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Danna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Danna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Danna (2010).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data