How rare is the name Danna?

17,337 people in the United States have the first name Danna, about 1 in 17,421. It ranks #1,745 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DANNA

#1,745

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,337
About
1 in 17,421
This common or more
76.8%
Who bears it

Of the 17,337 people named Danna, 50.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 40% as White and 5.2% as Black. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Danna peaked in 2010, when 1,231 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
1,231
In 2025*
787 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 25,240 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Danna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #739. The largest share of babies named Danna, 37.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#10,10610
1920s#5,85285
1930s#3,078204
1940s#1,534849
1950s#1,4221,386
1960s#1,1812,221
1970s#1,4531,671
1980s#1,9621,210
1990s#2,700981
2000s#1,1724,454
2010s#8876,954
2020s#7395,215
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–452.3%
Baby boom 1946–6411.7%
Generation X 1965–8011.6%
Millennials 1981–966.8%
Generation Z 1997–1229.8%
2013 and later37.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Danna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Danna has been most common in Texas (3.1×), Arizona (2.5×), and Nevada (2.3×), and least common in Iowa (0.12×).

20,444 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Danna, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Danna ranks #8,705 of 156,621, with 3,617 people. See Danna as a last name

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