Girls' name · since 1979
Danaya
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 796 babies named Danaya, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,642 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 796
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danaya currently ranks #9642 among girls' names in America, with 796 babies recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danaya has been recorded 796 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #9642 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #8,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,642 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 796 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danaya ranks #8,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,642 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 796 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,642 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 796
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danaya's 796 recorded births place it above 87.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Danaya compares
796 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Danaya's all-time total is 112% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Danaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 796 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Danaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Danaya splits its recorded history at 2004: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Danaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Danaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (343 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Danaya's strongest decade.
343 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Danaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 41
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
162 births
- 2000s
2000s
343 births
- 2010s
2010s
175 births
- 2020s 70
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 343 births (43% of all-time use).
How Danaya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Danaya's total volume
Danaya by state
Where Danaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 32 | 4.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 1.5% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
32 of 796 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Danaya's data
- Danaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (343 total births); usage has since declined to 70 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Danayas (32 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Danaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Danaya 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.