Girls' name · since 1963
Danea
Danea has 502 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,832 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 502
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
502 girls have been named Danea since 1963, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danea has been recorded 502 times among girls since 1963, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2018.
- #11,832 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 502 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danea ranks #11,832 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 502 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,832 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 502
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Danea's 502 recorded births place it above 83.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Danea's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1963, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Danea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2018
- Peak year (1997)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Danea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (140 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Danea's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Danea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 31
1960s
31 births
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
140 births
- 2000s
2000s
132 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 140 births (28% of all-time use).
How Danea 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 Danea's total volume
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What to do with Danea's data
- Danea's decade-level peak was the 1990s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 31 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Danea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1963–2018 (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 Danea 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.