Girls' name · since 1965
Dannah
Dannah has 620 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,330 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,970 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 620
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dannah is the #8970 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 620 recorded since 1965.
Dannah has 620 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8970 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #10,330 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,970 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 620 born since 1965
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dannah ranks #10,330 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,970 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 620 born since 1965, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,330 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,970 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 620
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dannah's 620 recorded births place it above 85.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Dannah compares
620 Top 41% higher than 59% 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
Dannah's all-time total is 65% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dannah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 620 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dannah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dannah's full recorded timeline at 2000, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dannah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Dannah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (170 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Dannah's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Dannah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
170 births
- 2000s
2000s
130 births
- 2010s
2010s
165 births
- 2020s 43
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 170 births (27% of all-time use).
How Dannah 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 Dannah's total volume
Dannah by state
Where Dannah concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 2.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.0% |
17 of 620 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Dannah's data
- Dannah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (170 total births); usage has since declined to 43 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dannahs (17 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dannah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Dannah 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.