Girls' name · since 1943
Dania
Dania has 8,818 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,063 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,818
- born since 1943
- 2000s
- peak decade
8,818 babies have been named Dania since 1943, making it today's #1063 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Dania recorded 8,818 times among girls since 1943, holding rank #1063 nationally today, ahead of 94% of girls, 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 1943 to 2025.
- #1,817 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,063 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,818 born since 1943
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dania ranks #1,817 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,063 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,818 born since 1943, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,063 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,818
- born since 1943
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dania's 8,818 recorded births place it above 97.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dania compares
8,818 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Dania's all-time total is 23x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dania | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,818 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 313 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dania's full recorded timeline at 1987, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 313 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dania popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 313
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Dania popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Dania as boys' name)
Dania by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,403 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Dania's strongest decade.
2,403 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Dania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 81
1950s
81 births
- 1960s 310
1960s
310 births
- 1970s 497
1970s
497 births
- 1980s 692
1980s
692 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,381 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,403 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,060 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,373 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,403 births (27% of all-time use).
How Dania 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 Dania's total volume
Dania by state
Where Dania concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,817 | 20.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,365 | 15.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 626 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 559 | 6.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 449 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 261 | 3.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 223 | 2.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 164 | 1.9% |
1,817 of 8,818 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Dania appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dania's data
- Dania's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (2,403 total births) through the 2020s (1,373) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Danias (1,817 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Dania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Dania 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.