Dannah — #8039 US girls' name
609 babies named Dannah in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Dannah was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Dannah in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dannah
The Social Security Administration has registered 609 babies named Dannah between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dannah currently holds the #8039 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dannah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dannah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dannah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dannah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 609 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dannah at a glance
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Current rank
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Dannah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (1999)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #8039 among girls.
609 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 26 births in a single year.
Dannah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 170 births that decade — 28% of Dannah's all-time total
Dannah decade highlights
- Peak decade 170 births
- Runner-up 165 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dannah's strongest decade
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Dannah by state
Where Dannah concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.0% |
17 of 609 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.