Girls' name · since 1992
Danayah
Since 1992, U.S. Social Security records show 139 babies named Danayah, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,546 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danayah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 139 have been recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Danayah recorded 139 times among girls since 1992, 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 1992 to 2024.
- #23,546 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 139 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danayah ranks #23,546 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 139 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,546 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danayah's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Danayah splits its recorded history at 2007: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Danayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Danayah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (88 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Danayah's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Danayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 88 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Danayah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Danayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1992–2024 (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 Danayah 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.