Danae
#2,410 for girls in 2025, 74 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 211 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,443since 1947
Danae over time
Rank among girls' names. Danae has never cracked the top 900 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,410 | 74 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,341 | 170 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,762 | 116 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,885 | 107 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,698 | 122 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,872 | 103 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,816 | 112 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,159 | 87 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,221 | 85 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,902 | 58 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,194 | 86 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,956 | 102 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,888 | 106 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,983 | 98 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,715 | 121 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,629 | 132 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,528 | 148 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,445 | 163 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,459 | 160 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,293 | 182 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,252 | 181 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,140 | 200 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,123 | 196 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,056 | 202 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,011 | 212 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,171 | 171 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,231 | 153 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,259 | 144 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,169 | 157 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,172 | 155 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,090 | 163 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,055 | 172 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,164 | 151 | — | |
| 1992 | #952 | 202 | — | |
| 1991 | #913 | 211 | — | |
| 1990 | #975 | 191 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #1,042 | 164 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,007 | 162 | — | |
| 1987 | #997 | 157 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,005 | 153 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,149 | 124 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,144 | 119 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,200 | 107 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,152 | 122 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,209 | 108 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,528 | 77 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,503 | 78 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,265 | 97 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,996 | 44 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,713 | 55 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,711 | 50 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Danae! It came in at #5,295, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1952, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Danae is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#603 · 1 in 4,601
- Indiana#605 · 1 in 5,816
- California#782 · 1 in 6,714
- Illinois#1,102 · 1 in 12,525
- Texas#1,305 · 1 in 15,467
Best ever in a state: #194 in South Dakota, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #603 | 6 | 1 in 4,601 |
| Indiana | #605 | 6 | 1 in 5,816 |
| California | #782 | 27 | 1 in 6,714 |
| Illinois | #1,102 | 6 | 1 in 12,525 |
| Texas | #1,305 | 8 | 1 in 15,467 |
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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 Danae
- 1,069 spots since 2024 (#1,341 → #2,410)
- 538 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #2,410)
- 216 spots since 2015 (#2,194 → #2,410)
- Biggest jump: 67 spots in 1990 (#1,042 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1993 (#952 → #1,164)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1991 at #913 (211 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1990–1992
- Highest: 1 in 8,494 girls born in 2001 were named Danae (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,720 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #913 in 1991, was only 1 in 8,886 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.4% of all girls named Danae (1,815) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 16 | #4,651 (1948) | #5,063 |
| 1950s | 122 | #2,347 (1957) | #3,854 |
| 1960s | 269 | #1,711 (1969) | #2,541 |
| 1970s | 550 | #1,265 (1978) | #1,797 |
| 1980s | 1,293 | #997 (1987) | #1,143 |
| 1990s | 1,699 | #913 (1991) | #1,098 |
| 2000s | 1,815 | #1,011 (2001) | #1,248 |
| 2010s | 987 | #1,629 (2010) | #2,046 |
| 2020s | 692 | #1,341 (2024) | #1,828 |
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.
Danae in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 15,445 of them was named Danae, which outranked 90.1% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,200Thomas109
- #1,200Tianna109
- #1,200Winter109
- #1,209Danae108
- #1,209Corinna108
- #1,209Doreen108
- #1,209Jeremy108
- #1,220Ashly107
- #1,220Crista107
- #1,220Karly107
Tied with 10 names at #1,209; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.