Girls' name · since 1939
Danya
Danya has 3,649 recorded births since 1939 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,287 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,649
- born since 1939
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Danya is the #4287 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,649 recorded since 1939.
Danya has 3,649 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4287 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 2025.
- #3,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,287 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,649 born since 1939
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danya ranks #3,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,287 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,649 born since 1939, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,287 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,649
- born since 1939
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danya's 3,649 recorded births place it above 95.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Danya compares
3,649 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Danya's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Danya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,649 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 126 | 21 | 19,840 |
Danya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Danya splits its recorded history at 1983: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1940 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 126 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Danya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 126
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Danya popularity over time - boys
29 total births recorded since 1975 (Danya as boys' name)
Danya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (908 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Danya's strongest decade.
908 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Danya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 82
1940s
82 births
- 1950s 78
1950s
78 births
- 1960s 197
1960s
197 births
- 1970s
1970s
468 births
- 1980s
1980s
452 births
- 1990s
1990s
599 births
- 2000s
2000s
908 births
- 2010s
2010s
639 births
- 2020s 219
2020s
219 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 908 births (25% of all-time use).
How Danya 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 Danya's total volume
Danya by state
Where Danya concentrates geographically, total births since 1939
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 574 | 15.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 330 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 104 | 2.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 104 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 56 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 44 | 1.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 16 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 14 | 0.4% |
574 of 3,649 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Danya appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Danya's data
- Danya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (908 total births); usage has since declined to 219 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Danyas (574 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 Danya: 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 (~86 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, 1939–2025 (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 Danya 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.