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
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 6,934 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 26 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 193,555since 1882
Dana over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,027 | 244 | #4,139 | 25 |
| 2024 | #1,077 | 230 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #976 | 264 | #4,742 | 21 |
| 2022 | #1,022 | 253 | #4,850 | 20 |
| 2021 | #1,081 | 231 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #1,059 | 234 | #3,811 | 27 |
| 2019 | #951 | 278 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #853 | 318 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2017 | #942 | 280 | #3,586 | 30 |
| 2016 | #873 | 322 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #856 | 326 | #3,085 | 37 |
| 2014 | #794 | 353 | #3,038 | 37 |
| 2013 | #732 | 373 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #628 | 455 | #2,905 | 40 |
| 2011 | #617 | 469 | #2,904 | 40 |
| 2010 | #463 | 654 | #2,682 | 45 |
| 2009 | #528 | 574 | #2,287 | 57 |
| 2008 | #464 | 681 | #2,140 | 63 |
| 2007 | #441 | 728 | #1,912 | 74 |
| 2006 | #397 | 809 | #2,062 | 64 |
| 2005 | #397 | 791 | #1,772 | 74 |
| 2004 | #429 | 704 | #1,880 | 65 |
| 2003 | #379 | 800 | #1,611 | 78 |
| 2002 | #338 | 894 | #1,505 | 83 |
| 2001 | #329 | 945 | #1,316 | 99 |
| 2000 | #311 | 1,016 | #1,196 | 113 |
| 1999 | #239 | 1,323 | #1,158 | 113 |
| 1998 | #215 | 1,425 | #1,096 | 117 |
| 1997 | #179 | 1,683 | #906 | 151 |
| 1996 | #175 | 1,801 | #860 | 161 |
| 1995 | #170 | 1,757 | #785 | 186 |
| 1994 | #167 | 1,804 | #745 | 197 |
| 1993 | #155 | 1,988 | #656 | 246 |
| 1992 | #144 | 2,155 | #626 | 271 |
| 1991 | #131 | 2,412 | #554 | 335 |
| 1990 | #114 | 2,936 | #532 | 346 |
| 1989 | #105 | 2,997 | #505 | 358 |
| 1988 | #90 | 3,192 | #463 | 385 |
| 1987 | #83 | 3,422 | #429 | 419 |
| 1986 | #92 | 3,076 | #390 | 467 |
| 1985 | #82 | 3,348 | #375 | 482 |
| 1984 | #73 | 3,939 | #365 | 489 |
| 1983 | #72 | 3,926 | #369 | 476 |
| 1982 | #67 | 4,242 | #350 | 529 |
| 1981 | #70 | 4,246 | #339 | 542 |
| 1980 | #68 | 4,438 | #353 | 508 |
| 1979 | #54 | 4,948 | #311 | 627 |
| 1978 | #71 | 4,002 | #325 | 539 |
| 1977 | #62 | 4,339 | #304 | 638 |
| 1976 | #64 | 4,408 | #282 | 671 |
| 1975 | #62 | 4,619 | #239 | 858 |
| 1974 | #55 | 5,158 | #246 | 813 |
| 1973 | #59 | 4,934 | #216 | 1,013 |
| 1972 | #52 | 5,610 | #216 | 1,030 |
| 1971 | #44 | 6,934 | #213 | 1,098 |
| 1970 | #54 | 6,406 | #226 | 1,038 |
| 1969 | #60 | 6,025 | #228 | 1,006 |
| 1968 | #70 | 5,012 | #222 | 1,021 |
| 1967 | #71 | 4,935 | #218 | 1,028 |
| 1966 | #68 | 5,278 | #219 | 1,018 |
| 1965 | #78 | 4,722 | #206 | 1,216 |
| 1964 | #70 | 6,087 | #206 | 1,355 |
| 1963 | #88 | 5,048 | #181 | 1,621 |
| 1962 | #117 | 3,964 | #172 | 1,799 |
| 1961 | #128 | 3,544 | #180 | 1,693 |
| 1960 | #141 | 3,086 | #187 | 1,670 |
| 1959 | #143 | 2,970 | #180 | 1,694 |
| 1958 | #162 | 2,389 | #184 | 1,536 |
| 1957 | #155 | 2,408 | #186 | 1,619 |
| 1956 | #174 | 2,074 | #178 | 1,634 |
| 1955 | #202 | 1,568 | #176 | 1,571 |
| 1954 | #217 | 1,352 | #165 | 1,741 |
| 1953 | #230 | 1,196 | #178 | 1,505 |
| 1952 | #231 | 1,144 | #183 | 1,378 |
| 1951 | #235 | 1,077 | #185 | 1,284 |
| 1950 | #248 | 928 | #184 | 1,198 |
| 1949 | #260 | 853 | #192 | 1,079 |
| 1948 | #280 | 745 | #196 | 1,021 |
| 1947 | #292 | 716 | #208 | 945 |
| 1946 | #273 | 709 | #260 | 580 |
| 1945 | #268 | 645 | #323 | 340 |
| 1944 | #300 | 503 | #372 | 260 |
| 1943 | #350 | 417 | #462 | 186 |
| 1942 | #405 | 314 | #481 | 162 |
| 1941 | #409 | 282 | #490 | 144 |
| 1940 | #434 | 245 | #483 | 142 |
| 1939 | #514 | 169 | #474 | 144 |
| 1938 | #557 | 151 | #508 | 132 |
| 1937 | #544 | 150 | #498 | 133 |
| 1936 | #498 | 168 | #523 | 118 |
| 1935 | #565 | 128 | #528 | 120 |
| 1934 | #686 | 95 | #513 | 128 |
| 1933 | #629 | 108 | #484 | 134 |
| 1932 | #703 | 93 | #504 | 130 |
| 1931 | #684 | 95 | #503 | 130 |
| 1930 | #818 | 75 | #537 | 123 |
| 1929 | #752 | 87 | #527 | 122 |
| 1928 | #881 | 69 | #533 | 129 |
| 1927 | #792 | 84 | #512 | 141 |
| 1926 | #814 | 80 | #580 | 114 |
| 1925 | #841 | 78 | #577 | 116 |
| 1924 | #929 | 67 | #603 | 112 |
| 1923 | #819 | 80 | #606 | 110 |
| 1922 | #906 | 65 | #559 | 128 |
| 1921 | #775 | 89 | #611 | 107 |
| 1920 | #872 | 69 | #635 | 98 |
| 1919 | #1,010 | 51 | #682 | 83 |
| 1918 | #879 | 66 | #585 | 108 |
| 1917 | #933 | 55 | #603 | 97 |
| 1916 | #1,026 | 45 | #630 | 85 |
| 1915 | #1,115 | 37 | #609 | 89 |
| 1914 | #942 | 39 | #632 | 64 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | #604 | 53 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | #608 | 45 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #597 | 26 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #664 | 15 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | #613 | 15 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | #502 | 15 |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | #456 | 15 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | #489 | 14 |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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 2011
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#361 · 1 in 1,717
- New Jersey#394 · 1 in 1,848
- New York#397 · 1 in 1,974
- California#462 · 1 in 2,472
- Colorado#476 · 1 in 2,036
Best ever in a state: #17 in Oklahoma, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #361 | 21 | 1 in 1,717 |
| New Jersey | #394 | 20 | 1 in 1,848 |
| New York | #397 | 47 | 1 in 1,974 |
| California | #462 | 84 | 1 in 2,472 |
| Colorado | #476 | 11 | 1 in 2,036 |
| Connecticut | #514 | 5 | 1 in 2,413 |
| Illinois | #517 | 23 | 1 in 2,585 |
| Texas | #535 | 57 | 1 in 2,735 |
| Wisconsin | #544 | 9 | 1 in 2,604 |
| Maryland | #556 | 9 | 1 in 2,664 |
| Oregon | #565 | 6 | 1 in 2,473 |
| Florida | #591 | 25 | 1 in 3,181 |
| North Carolina | #604 | 14 | 1 in 3,154 |
| Georgia | #630 | 16 | 1 in 2,982 |
| Massachusetts | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,649 |
| Indiana | #652 | 9 | 1 in 3,372 |
| Ohio | #655 | 14 | 1 in 3,686 |
| Michigan | #692 | 11 | 1 in 3,765 |
| Oklahoma | #725 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Minnesota | #734 | 6 | 1 in 3,985 |
| Alabama | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,735 |
| Tennessee | #777 | 7 | 1 in 4,230 |
| Washington | #837 | 7 | 1 in 4,316 |
| Arizona | #840 | 7 | 1 in 4,359 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,379 | 5 | 1 in 10,562 |
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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 Dana
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1971 at #44 (6,934 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 26 yrs · run 1963–1988
- Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1920–2019
- Highest: 1 in 240 girls born in 1971 were named Dana (0.42%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,587 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 26.5% of all girls named Dana (51,358) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1955, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #686 (1884) | #827 |
| 1890s | 100 | #835 (1899) | #1,026 |
| 1900s | 113 | #833 (1900) | #1,209 |
| 1910s | 367 | #879 (1918) | #1,057 |
| 1920s | 768 | #752 (1929) | #838 |
| 1930s | 1,232 | #498 (1936) | #620 |
| 1940s | 5,429 | #260 (1949) | #327 |
| 1950s | 17,106 | #143 (1959) | #200 |
| 1960s | 47,701 | #60 (1969) | #89 |
| 1970s | 51,358 | #44 (1971) | #58 |
| 1980s | 36,826 | #67 (1982) | #80 |
| 1990s | 19,284 | #114 (1990) | #169 |
| 2000s | 7,942 | #311 (2000) | #401 |
| 2010s | 3,828 | #463 (2010) | #771 |
| 2020s | 1,456 | #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 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 3,751 of them was named Dana, which outranked 96.9% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% 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.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 47,481 of them was named Dana, which outranked 79.8% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,852Waleed41
- #2,852Willy41
- #2,852Wisdom41
- #2,904Dana40
- #2,904Adel40
- #2,904Adil40
- #2,904Aidin40
- #2,950Alessio39
- #2,950Andersen39
- #2,950Anibal39
Tied with 45 names at #2,904; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.