Girls' name · since 1916
Danna
Danna has 25,106 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #394 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,106
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Danna currently ranks #394 among girls' names in America, with 25,106 babies recorded since 1916.
Danna has 25,106 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #394 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #921 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #394 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 25,106 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danna ranks #921 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #394 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 25,106 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #394 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,106
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Danna's 25,106 recorded births place it above 98.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Danna compares
25,106 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Danna's all-time total is 67x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Danna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25,106 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,226 | 21 | 19,840 |
Danna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Danna's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 80% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 20%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 1,226, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Danna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 1,226
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Danna popularity over time - boys
134 total births recorded since 1945 (Danna as boys' name)
Danna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6,949 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Danna's strongest decade.
6,949 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Danna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 85
1920s
85 births
- 1930s 204
1930s
204 births
- 1940s 824
1940s
824 births
- 1950s 1,348
1950s
1,348 births
- 1960s 2,193
1960s
2,193 births
- 1970s 1,651
1970s
1,651 births
- 1980s 1,192
1980s
1,192 births
- 1990s 981
1990s
981 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,454 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,949 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,215 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6,949 births (28% of all-time use).
How Danna 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 Danna's total volume
Danna by state
Where Danna concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,940 | 19.7% |
| #2 | California | | 4,298 | 17.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,517 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,076 | 4.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 698 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 665 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 630 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 603 | 2.4% |
4,940 of 25,106 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Danna appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Danna's data
- Danna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (6,949 total births) through the 2020s (5,215) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Dannas (4,940 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Danna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Danna 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.