Girls' name · since 1997
Dounia
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Dounia, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,671 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
43 girls have been named Dounia since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dounia has 43 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1997 to 2005.
- #36,671 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dounia ranks #36,671 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,671 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dounia's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dounia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dounia's full recorded timeline at 2001, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dounia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2005
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Dounia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (28 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Dounia's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Dounia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dounia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1997–2005 (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 Dounia 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.