Danai — #7704 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Danai

The Social Security Administration has registered 415 babies named Danai between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Danai currently holds the #7704 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Danai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Danai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Danai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Danai in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 415 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.