Girls' name · since 1988
Danaye
Danaye has 67 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danaye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 67 recorded since 1988.
Danaye has 67 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2013.
- #31,598 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 67 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danaye ranks #31,598 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danaye's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danaye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Danaye splits its recorded history at 2005: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Danaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2013
- Peak year (2004)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Danaye by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (37 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Danaye's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Danaye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Danaye's decade-level peak was the 2000s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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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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, 1988–2013 (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 Danaye 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.