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
- Peak · girls
- 2010 · 1,226 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,106since 1916
Danna over time
Rank among girls' names. Danna has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #394 | 787 | — | |
| 2024 | #306 | 1,003 | — | |
| 2023 | #295 | 1,056 | — | |
| 2022 | #353 | 899 | — | |
| 2021 | #368 | 843 | — | |
| 2020 | #487 | 627 | — | |
| 2019 | #507 | 621 | — | |
| 2018 | #527 | 594 | — | |
| 2017 | #533 | 581 | — | |
| 2016 | #510 | 610 | — | |
| 2015 | #521 | 602 | — | |
| 2014 | #549 | 564 | — | |
| 2013 | #473 | 650 | — | |
| 2012 | #490 | 625 | — | |
| 2011 | #365 | 876 | — | |
| 2010 | #267 | 1,226 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #390 | 816 | — | |
| 2008 | #424 | 758 | — | |
| 2007 | #647 | 458 | — | |
| 2006 | #522 | 579 | — | |
| 2005 | #527 | 550 | — | |
| 2004 | #643 | 426 | — | |
| 2003 | #797 | 310 | — | |
| 2002 | #839 | 276 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,193 | 171 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,602 | 110 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,596 | 105 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,481 | 115 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,504 | 108 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,746 | 83 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,757 | 83 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,653 | 91 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,537 | 101 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,279 | 127 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,288 | 122 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,132 | 135 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #1,150 | 128 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,327 | 99 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,287 | 104 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,197 | 109 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #1,114 | 121 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #1,268 | 101 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,050 | 136 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,043 | 137 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,061 | 130 | — | |
| 1978 | #969 | 143 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,127 | 113 | — | |
| 1976 | #980 | 130 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #849 | 157 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #804 | 168 | — | |
| 1973 | #787 | 168 | — | |
| 1972 | #823 | 161 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #648 | 251 | — | |
| 1970 | #687 | 230 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #644 | 237 | — | |
| 1968 | #625 | 236 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #661 | 210 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #615 | 238 | — | |
| 1965 | #700 | 198 | — | |
| 1964 | #623 | 263 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #665 | 229 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #721 | 204 | — | |
| 1961 | #748 | 194 | — | |
| 1960 | #753 | 184 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #735 | 190 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #813 | 153 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #765 | 170 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #802 | 153 | — | |
| 1955 | #865 | 126 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #969 | 100 | — | |
| 1953 | #849 | 120 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #811 | 125 | — | |
| 1951 | #908 | 101 | — | |
| 1950 | #833 | 110 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #850 | 108 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #790 | 118 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #797 | 119 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #748 | 119 | — | |
| 1945 | #842 | 80 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #817 | 87 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,036 | 59 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,055 | 55 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#289 · 1 in 1,895
- Kansas#319 · 1 in 2,258
- Texas#445 · 1 in 3,387
- Louisiana#452 · 1 in 3,458
- Minnesota#476 · 1 in 6,440
Best ever in a state: #101 in District of Columbia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #289 | 11 | 1 in 1,895 |
| Kansas | #319 | 9 | 1 in 2,258 |
| Texas | #445 | 33 | 1 in 3,387 |
| Louisiana | #452 | 11 | 1 in 3,458 |
| Minnesota | #476 | 6 | 1 in 6,440 |
| Missouri | #491 | 8 | 1 in 5,537 |
| Kentucky | #497 | 6 | 1 in 5,315 |
| Washington | #531 | 5 | 1 in 5,561 |
| Alabama | #607 | 5 | 1 in 6,872 |
| Pennsylvania | #797 | 7 | 1 in 15,864 |
| Michigan | #808 | 6 | 1 in 14,479 |
| California | #814 | 17 | 1 in 10,301 |
| Ohio | #827 | 7 | 1 in 14,892 |
| Illinois | #839 | 8 | 1 in 13,328 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2010 at #267 (1,226 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1944–1976
- 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%)
- 27.7% of all girls named Danna (6,949) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #4,417 (1916) | #4,616 |
| 1920s | 85 | #2,587 (1929) | #3,550 |
| 1930s | 204 | #1,265 (1939) | #1,824 |
| 1940s | 824 | #748 (1946) | #933 |
| 1950s | 1,348 | #735 (1959) | #835 |
| 1960s | 2,193 | #615 (1966) | #676 |
| 1970s | 1,651 | #648 (1971) | #874 |
| 1980s | 1,192 | #1,043 (1980) | #1,186 |
| 1990s | 981 | #1,279 (1990) | #1,608 |
| 2000s | 4,454 | #390 (2009) | #758 |
| 2010s | 6,949 | #267 (2010) | #474 |
| 2020s | 5,215 | #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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 10,405 of them was named Danna, which outranked 90.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.