Girls' name · since 1999
Danaija
72 babies named Danaija in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,771 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
72 girls have been named Danaija since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Danaija recorded 72 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2015.
- #30,771 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 72 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danaija ranks #30,771 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,771 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danaija's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danaija's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Danaija's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Danaija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2015
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Danaija by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (52 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Danaija's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Danaija births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 52 births (72% of all-time use).
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What to do with Danaija's data
- Danaija's decade-level peak was the 2000s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Danaija: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Danaija draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.