Danna

#394 for girls in 2025, 787 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2010 · 1,226 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
25,106
since 1916

Danna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Danna has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #267, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#394787
2024#3061,003
2023#2951,056
2022#353899
2021#368843
2020#487627
2019#507621
2018#527594
2017#533581
2016#510610
2015#521602
2014#549564
2013#473650
2012#490625
2011#365876
2010#2671,226#12,2315
2009#390816
2008#424758
2007#647458
2006#522579
2005#527550
2004#643426
2003#797310
2002#839276
2001#1,193171
2000#1,602110
1999#1,596105
1998#1,481115
1997#1,504108
1996#1,84079
1995#1,74683
1994#1,75783
1993#1,65391
1992#1,68889
1991#1,537101
1990#1,279127
1989#1,288122
1988#1,132135#7,2705
1987#1,150128
1986#1,32799
1985#1,287104
1984#1,197109#4,9737
1983#1,114121#5,4846
1982#1,268101
1981#1,050136
1980#1,043137
1979#1,061130
1978#969143
1977#1,127113
1976#980130#5,5875
1975#849157#5,4645
1974#804168
1973#787168
1972#823161#4,9865
1971#648251
1970#687230#4,7245
1969#644237
1968#625236#3,6736
1967#661210#3,5596
1966#615238
1965#700198
1964#623263#3,6016
1963#665229#4,0485
1962#721204
1961#748194
1960#753184#4,0385
1959#735190#3,9885
1958#813153#3,5596
1957#765170#3,9935
1956#802153
1955#865126#2,9648
1954#969100
1953#849120#3,7985
1952#811125
1951#908101
1950#833110#2,5809
1949#850108#3,0197
1948#790118#3,6685
1947#797119#3,0967
1946#748119
1945#84280#2,9966
1944#81787
1943#1,03659
1942#1,05555
1941#1,05248
1940#1,34731
1939#1,26534
1938#1,38229
1937#1,78419
1936#1,54923
1935#1,72020
1934#2,28913
1933#1,77319
1932#2,03716
1931#1,75020
1930#2,69011
1929#2,58712
1928#2,76811
1927#3,2849
1926#3,2699
1925#3,11610
1924#3,6658
1923#4,3766
1922#4,0117
1921#4,4646
1920#3,9577
1919#4,8145
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1916#4,4175
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Danna! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Danna is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedMINew York: #1,158 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,677 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #729 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 16,110 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #824 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 13,288 girlsCAUtah: #328 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,047 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #559 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,427 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #463 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,411 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedHITexas: #540 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,087 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Danna, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#328 · 1 in 2,047
  2. Oklahoma#463 · 1 in 4,411
  3. Texas#540 · 1 in 5,087
  4. North Carolina#559 · 1 in 7,427
  5. Pennsylvania#729 · 1 in 16,110

Best ever in a state: #101 in District of Columbia, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#32851 in 2,047
Oklahoma#46351 in 4,411
Texas#540221 in 5,087
North Carolina#55971 in 7,427
Pennsylvania#72971 in 16,110
California#824111 in 13,288
New York#1,15851 in 32,677
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Danna
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 88 spots since 2024 (#306#394)
  • 93 spots since 2020 (#487#394)
  • 127 spots since 2015 (#521#394)
  • Biggest jump: 354 spots in 2002 (#1,193#839)
  • Biggest drop: 175 spots in 1972 (#648#823)
Rise & fade · girls
94 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2010 at #267 (1,226 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1944–1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,450
  • Highest: 1 in 1,450 girls born in 2010 were named Danna (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,042 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 27.7% of all girls named Danna (6,949) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#4,417 (1916)#4,616
1920s85#2,587 (1929)#3,550
1930s204#1,265 (1939)#1,824
1940s824#748 (1946)#933
1950s1,348#735 (1959)#835
1960s2,193#615 (1966)#676
1970s1,651#648 (1971)#874
1980s1,192#1,043 (1980)#1,186
1990s981#1,279 (1990)#1,608
2000s4,454#390 (2009)#758
2010s6,949#267 (2010)#474
2020s5,215#295 (2023)#367

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Danna in 1955

girls
#865
126 births · 1 in 15,518 girls
boys
#2,964
8 births · 1 in 257,486 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #865Danna126

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #2,964Danna8
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 15,518 of them was named Danna, which outranked 87.2% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danna
  1. #858Merri128
  2. #863Debi127
  3. #863Jacque127
  4. #865Danna126
  5. #865Delma126
  6. #865Goldie126
  7. #865Millicent126
  8. #869Felecia125
  9. #869Meryl125
  10. #869Serena125

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 257,486 of them was named Danna, which outranked 32.6% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danna
  1. #2,764Windsor9
  2. #2,764Ygnacio9
  3. #2,764Zan9
  4. #2,964Danna8
  5. #2,964Abelino8
  6. #2,964Adams8
  7. #2,964Admiral8
  8. #3,201Abbie7
  9. #3,201Ahmad7
  10. #3,201Alcide7

Tied with 236 names at #2,964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955