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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nevada#238 · 1 in 1,150
- Idaho#241 · 1 in 1,071
- Oregon#446 · 1 in 2,797
- Arizona#592 · 1 in 3,751
- Indiana#667 · 1 in 5,863
Best ever in a state: #194 in South Dakota, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #238 | 6 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Idaho | #241 | 5 | 1 in 1,071 |
| Oregon | #446 | 6 | 1 in 2,797 |
| Arizona | #592 | 7 | 1 in 3,751 |
| Indiana | #667 | 6 | 1 in 5,863 |
| Michigan | #751 | 9 | 1 in 6,941 |
| Florida | #767 | 12 | 1 in 6,594 |
| California | #809 | 40 | 1 in 6,561 |
| Pennsylvania | #836 | 8 | 1 in 9,075 |
| Ohio | #1,007 | 6 | 1 in 11,816 |
| Illinois | #1,245 | 6 | 1 in 13,085 |
| Texas | #1,823 | 6 | 1 in 22,931 |
| New York | #1,974 | 5 | 1 in 24,411 |
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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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 9,940 of them was named Danae, which outranked 93.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #971Dora192
- #971Eryn192
- #971Lizeth192
- #975Danae191
- #975Annmarie191
- #975Graciela191
- #975Shamika191
- #981Christopher188
- #981Elyssa188
- #981Emilia188
Tied with 5 names at #975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 342,340 of them was named Danae, which outranked 24.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,415Zed7
- #6,415Zedrick7
- #6,415Zenas7
- #7,178Danae6
- #7,178Aalap6
- #7,178Abbott6
- #7,178Abdo6
- #8,117Aamer5
- #8,117Aasin5
- #8,117Abdelrahman5
Tied with 938 names at #7,178; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.