Danna
#394 for girls in 2025, 787 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2010 · 1,226 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,106since 1916
Danna over time
Rank among girls' names. Danna has never cracked the top 200 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 | #394 | 787 | — | |
| 2024 | #306 | 1,003 | — | |
| 2023 | #295 | 1,056 | — | |
| 2022 | #353 | 899 | — | |
| 2021 | #368 | 843 | — | |
| 2020 | #487 | 627 | — | |
| 2019 | #507 | 621 | — | |
| 2018 | #527 | 594 | — | |
| 2017 | #533 | 581 | — | |
| 2016 | #510 | 610 | — | |
| 2015 | #521 | 602 | — | |
| 2014 | #549 | 564 | — | |
| 2013 | #473 | 650 | — | |
| 2012 | #490 | 625 | — | |
| 2011 | #365 | 876 | — | |
| 2010 | #267 | 1,226 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #390 | 816 | — | |
| 2008 | #424 | 758 | — | |
| 2007 | #647 | 458 | — | |
| 2006 | #522 | 579 | — | |
| 2005 | #527 | 550 | — | |
| 2004 | #643 | 426 | — | |
| 2003 | #797 | 310 | — | |
| 2002 | #839 | 276 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,193 | 171 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,602 | 110 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,596 | 105 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,481 | 115 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,504 | 108 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,746 | 83 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,757 | 83 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,653 | 91 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,537 | 101 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,279 | 127 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,288 | 122 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,132 | 135 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #1,150 | 128 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,327 | 99 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,287 | 104 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,197 | 109 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #1,114 | 121 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #1,268 | 101 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,050 | 136 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,043 | 137 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,061 | 130 | — | |
| 1978 | #969 | 143 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,127 | 113 | — | |
| 1976 | #980 | 130 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #849 | 157 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #804 | 168 | — | |
| 1973 | #787 | 168 | — | |
| 1972 | #823 | 161 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #648 | 251 | — | |
| 1970 | #687 | 230 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #644 | 237 | — | |
| 1968 | #625 | 236 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #661 | 210 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #615 | 238 | — | |
| 1965 | #700 | 198 | — | |
| 1964 | #623 | 263 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #665 | 229 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #721 | 204 | — | |
| 1961 | #748 | 194 | — | |
| 1960 | #753 | 184 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #735 | 190 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #813 | 153 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #765 | 170 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #802 | 153 | — | |
| 1955 | #865 | 126 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #969 | 100 | — | |
| 1953 | #849 | 120 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #811 | 125 | — | |
| 1951 | #908 | 101 | — | |
| 1950 | #833 | 110 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #850 | 108 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #790 | 118 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #797 | 119 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #748 | 119 | — | |
| 1945 | #842 | 80 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #817 | 87 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,036 | 59 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,055 | 55 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Danna! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Danna is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Colorado#348 · 1 in 1,967
- Arkansas#396 · 1 in 2,617
- Missouri#453 · 1 in 3,910
- Oklahoma#456 · 1 in 3,260
- Louisiana#466 · 1 in 2,947
Best ever in a state: #101 in District of Columbia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #348 | 8 | 1 in 1,967 |
| Arkansas | #396 | 5 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Missouri | #453 | 8 | 1 in 3,910 |
| Oklahoma | #456 | 5 | 1 in 3,260 |
| Louisiana | #466 | 9 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Maryland | #480 | 5 | 1 in 4,116 |
| Indiana | #535 | 7 | 1 in 5,291 |
| Texas | #554 | 24 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Michigan | #656 | 9 | 1 in 6,877 |
| Illinois | #841 | 8 | 1 in 9,325 |
| Pennsylvania | #944 | 5 | 1 in 14,422 |
| Ohio | #991 | 5 | 1 in 14,890 |
| New York | #1,044 | 9 | 1 in 12,316 |
| California | #1,082 | 11 | 1 in 12,461 |
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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 Danna
- 88 spots since 2024 (#306 → #394)
- 93 spots since 2020 (#487 → #394)
- 127 spots since 2015 (#521 → #394)
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 2002 (#1,193 → #839)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 1972 (#648 → #823)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2010 at #267 (1,226 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1944–1976
- Highest: 1 in 1,450 girls born in 2010 were named Danna (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,042 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 27.7% of all girls named Danna (6,949) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #4,417 (1916) | #4,616 |
| 1920s | 85 | #2,587 (1929) | #3,550 |
| 1930s | 204 | #1,265 (1939) | #1,824 |
| 1940s | 824 | #748 (1946) | #933 |
| 1950s | 1,348 | #735 (1959) | #835 |
| 1960s | 2,193 | #615 (1966) | #676 |
| 1970s | 1,651 | #648 (1971) | #874 |
| 1980s | 1,192 | #1,043 (1980) | #1,186 |
| 1990s | 981 | #1,279 (1990) | #1,608 |
| 2000s | 4,454 | #390 (2009) | #758 |
| 2010s | 6,949 | #267 (2010) | #474 |
| 2020s | 5,215 | #295 (2023) | #367 |
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.
Danna in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 9,449 of them was named Danna, which outranked 91.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #818Kathrine162
- #818Rosalie162
- #818Vonda162
- #823Danna161
- #823Anika161
- #823Cherilyn161
- #823Karri161
- #829Tiffanie160
- #830Dawna159
- #830Melonie159
Tied with 5 names at #823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 324,322 of them was named Danna, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 765 names at #4,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.