Dana

#1,027 for girls in 2025, 244 births · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to girls 78.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
#44
1971 · 6,934 births
Debut · girls
1882
6 births
In top 100 · girls
26 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
193,555
since 1882

Dana over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #44, 1971peak #165, 1954girlsboys
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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#1,027244#4,13925
2024#1,077230#4,20025
2023#976264#4,74221
2022#1,022253#4,85020
2021#1,081231#4,11825
2020#1,059234#3,81127
2019#951278#3,42633
2018#853318#3,52431
2017#942280#3,58630
2016#873322#3,35833
2015#856326#3,08537
2014#794353#3,03837
2013#732373#3,58229
2012#628455#2,90540
2011#617469#2,90440
2010#463654#2,68245
2009#528574#2,28757
2008#464681#2,14063
2007#441728#1,91274
2006#397809#2,06264
2005#397791#1,77274
2004#429704#1,88065
2003#379800#1,61178
2002#338894#1,50583
2001#329945#1,31699
2000#3111,016#1,196113
1999#2391,323#1,158113
1998#2151,425#1,096117
1997#1791,683#906151
1996#1751,801#860161
1995#1701,757#785186
1994#1671,804#745197
1993#1551,988#656246
1992#1442,155#626271
1991#1312,412#554335
1990#1142,936#532346
1989#1052,997#505358
1988#903,192#463385
1987#833,422#429419
1986#923,076#390467
1985#823,348#375482
1984#733,939#365489
1983#723,926#369476
1982#674,242#350529
1981#704,246#339542
1980#684,438#353508
1979#544,948#311627
1978#714,002#325539
1977#624,339#304638
1976#644,408#282671
1975#624,619#239858
1974#555,158#246813
1973#594,934#2161,013
1972#525,610#2161,030
1971#446,934#2131,098
1970#546,406#2261,038
1969#606,025#2281,006
1968#705,012#2221,021
1967#714,935#2181,028
1966#685,278#2191,018
1965#784,722#2061,216
1964#706,087#2061,355
1963#885,048#1811,621
1962#1173,964#1721,799
1961#1283,544#1801,693
1960#1413,086#1871,670
1959#1432,970#1801,694
1958#1622,389#1841,536
1957#1552,408#1861,619
1956#1742,074#1781,634
1955#2021,568#1761,571
1954#2171,352#1651,741
1953#2301,196#1781,505
1952#2311,144#1831,378
1951#2351,077#1851,284
1950#248928#1841,198
1949#260853#1921,079
1948#280745#1961,021
1947#292716#208945
1946#273709#260580
1945#268645#323340
1944#300503#372260
1943#350417#462186
1942#405314#481162
1941#409282#490144
1940#434245#483142
1939#514169#474144
1938#557151#508132
1937#544150#498133
1936#498168#523118
1935#565128#528120
1934#68695#513128
1933#629108#484134
1932#70393#504130
1931#68495#503130
1930#81875#537123
1929#75287#527122
1928#88169#533129
1927#79284#512141
1926#81480#580114
1925#84178#577116
1924#92967#603112
1923#81980#606110
1922#90665#559128
1921#77589#611107
1920#87269#63598
1919#1,01051#68283
1918#87966#585108
1917#93355#60397
1916#1,02645#63085
1915#1,11537#60989
1914#94239#63264
1913#1,17622#60453
1912#1,25218#60845
1911#1,30013#59726
1910#94121#67719
1909#1,15213#67916
1908#1,04415#71214
1907#1,20611#66415
1906#1,22910#61315
1905#1,5387#61515
1904#1,09211#72311
1903#93114#7839
1902#1,5946#7949
1901#1,4666#63711
1900#83320#55519
1899#83515#50215
1898#1,00912#7449
1897#1,03710#8527
1896#90313#72210
1895#1,1239#60912
1894#1,2377#56713
1893#1,0918#65010
1892#1,0858#68810
1891#83911#45615
1890#1,0997#8147
1889—#7228
1888#9598#9176
1887—#7527
1886#8288#6948
1885#9216#6419
1884#68610#57011
1883#7547#7996
1882#8136#48914
1881—#5959
1880—#52612
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Dana! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Dana is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Dana
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#1,077 → #1,027)
  • 32 spots since 2020 (#1,059 → #1,027)
  • 171 spots since 2015 (#856 → #1,027)
  • Biggest jump: 663 spots in 1903 (#1,594 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 633 spots in 1901 (#833 → #1,466)
Rise & fade · girls
89 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1971 at #44 (6,934 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 26 yrs · run 1963–1988
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1920–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 240
  • Highest: 1 in 240 girls born in 1971 were named Dana (0.42%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,587 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 26.5% of all girls named Dana (51,358) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1956
  • Mostly boys until 1955, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s45#686 (1884)#827
1890s100#835 (1899)#1,026
1900s113#833 (1900)#1,209
1910s367#879 (1918)#1,057
1920s768#752 (1929)#838
1930s1,232#498 (1936)#620
1940s5,429#260 (1949)#327
1950s17,106#143 (1959)#200
1960s47,701#60 (1969)#89
1970s51,358#44 (1971)#58
1980s36,826#67 (1982)#80
1990s19,284#114 (1990)#169
2000s7,942#311 (2000)#401
2010s3,828#463 (2010)#771
2020s1,456#976 (2023)#1,040

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.

Dana in 1888

girls
#959
8 births · 1 in 22,328 girls
boys
#917
6 births · 1 in 20,142 boys

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #959Dana8

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #917Dana6
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 22,328 of them was named Dana, which outranked 34.9% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dana
  1. #894Viva9
  2. #894Yetta9
  3. #894Zana9
  4. #959Dana8
  5. #959Adline8
  6. #959Agness8
  7. #959Aida8
  8. #1,036Adelina7
  9. #1,036Adell7
  10. #1,036Alba7

Tied with 76 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

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

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 20,142 of them was named Dana, which outranked 22.1% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dana
  1. #815Volney7
  2. #815Willian7
  3. #815Zollie7
  4. #917Dana6
  5. #917Abbott6
  6. #917Alan6
  7. #917Alden6
  8. #1,031Ad5
  9. #1,031Ada5
  10. #1,031Addie5

Tied with 113 names at #917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →