Dania

#1,063 for girls in 2025, 229 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1996 · 277 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,818
since 1943

Dania over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dania has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #764, 1996girls
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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#1,063229—
2024#1,099223—
2023#854312—
2022#1,062239—
2021#1,277181—
2020#1,211189—
2019#1,259184—
2018#1,346167—
2017#1,282184—
2016#1,275190—
2015#1,227201—
2014#1,164211—
2013#1,152208—
2012#1,014249—
2011#1,138215—
2010#1,000251—
2009#1,025254—
2008#995267—
2007#888313—
2006#981265—
2005#976251—
2004#974244—
2003#1,084203—
2002#951235—
2001#1,167178—
2000#1,073193—
1999#1,199160—
1998#1,150164—
1997#1,110169—
1996#764277—
1995#1,306127—
1994#1,63492—
1993#1,460109#8,7005
1992#1,422114—
1991#1,57597—
1990#1,92372—
1989#1,60087—
1988#1,63679—
1987#1,99156—
1986#1,75166—
1985#1,74065—
1984#1,53574—
1983#1,56571—
1982#1,85058—
1981#1,73465—
1980#1,62471—
1979#1,73163—
1978#1,89352—
1977#1,57668—
1976#1,77553—
1975#1,80751—
1974#1,84847—
1973#1,64755—
1972#2,39830—
1971#2,37532—
1970#1,87746—
1969#1,75548—
1968#1,85541—
1967#2,01234—
1966#2,83919—
1965#1,95035—
1964#2,47525—
1963#2,09432—
1962#2,35726—
1961#2,19729—
1960#2,64921—
1959#2,59620—
1958#4,1939—
1957#4,5368—
1956#3,18614—
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First appearance
1943

The first year at least five girls were named Dania! It came in at #4,196, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Dania is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedMNIllinois: #488 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,977 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedMINew York: #841 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,521 girlsNYMassachusetts: #705 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,440 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #858 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,055 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #473 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 2,802 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedWVVirginia: #840 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,829 girlsVAMaryland: #677 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,942 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedDEArizona: #390 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,033 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,018 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,302 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dania, so not publishedHITexas: #423 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 2,448 girlsTXFlorida: #724 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,595 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#390 · 1 in 2,033
  2. Texas#423 · 1 in 2,448
  3. California#473 · 1 in 2,802
  4. Illinois#488 · 1 in 2,977
  5. Maryland#677 · 1 in 4,942

Best ever in a state: #115 in District of Columbia, 2008.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#390141 in 2,033
Texas#423571 in 2,448
California#473821 in 2,802
Illinois#488241 in 2,977
Maryland#67751 in 4,942
Massachusetts#70551 in 6,440
Florida#724131 in 5,595
Virginia#84051 in 6,829
New York#841161 in 6,521
New Jersey#85861 in 7,055
Georgia#1,01851 in 8,302
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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 Dania
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#1,099 → #1,063)
  • 148 spots since 2020 (#1,211 → #1,063)
  • 164 spots since 2015 (#1,227 → #1,063)
  • Biggest jump: 542 spots in 1996 (#1,306 → #764)
  • Biggest drop: 346 spots in 1997 (#764 → #1,110)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1943
  • Peaked 1996 at #764 (277 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2004–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,143
  • Highest: 1 in 5,143 girls born in 2023 were named Dania (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,019 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #764 in 1996, was only 1 in 6,329 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Dania (2,403) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s21#3,676 (1945)#3,918
1950s81#2,596 (1959)#4,000
1960s310#1,755 (1969)#2,218
1970s497#1,576 (1977)#1,893
1980s692#1,535 (1984)#1,703
1990s1,381#764 (1996)#1,354
2000s2,403#888 (2007)#1,011
2010s2,060#1,000 (2010)#1,186
2020s1,373#854 (2023)#1,094

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.

Dania in 1996

girls
#764
277 births · 1 in 6,329 girls

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #764Dania277
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 6,329 of them was named Dania, which outranked 95.2% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dania
  1. #759Iesha278
  2. #759Lucero278
  3. #759Macie278
  4. #764Dania277
  5. #764Dasia277
  6. #764Gladys277
  7. #767Lacy276
  8. #768Ashli274
  9. #768Brooklynn274

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →