Dana Girl
How popular is Dana?
#1,027 girl name in 2025
244 baby girls were named Dana in the US in 2025, making it the 1027th most popular girl name. Another 25 boys got the name (#4,138 for boys).
Dana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,027 for girls (▲ 50 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 244 girls, 25 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #856 in 2015, #1,059 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1971 (6,934 girls) |
| Highest rank | #44 in 1971 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 9% boys, 91% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Danna family of names ranked #306 for girls in 2025 (#264 the year before), with 1,070 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Danna | 787 | 74% |
| Dana | 244 | 23% |
| Danai | 11 | 1% |
| Danah | 11 | 1% |
| Dannah | 11 | 1% |
| Danay | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dana is most popular
Babies named Dana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (193 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (82 girls)
Dana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #686 |
| 1890s | 100 | #835 |
| 1900s | 113 | #833 |
| 1910s | 367 | #879 |
| 1920s | 768 | #752 |
| 1930s | 1,232 | #498 |
| 1940s | 5,429 | #260 |
| 1950s | 17,106 | #143 |
| 1960s | 47,701 | #60 |
| 1970s | 51,358 | #44 |
| 1980s | 36,826 | #67 |
| 1990s | 19,284 | #114 |
| 2000s | 7,942 | #311 |
| 2010s | 3,828 | #463 |
| 2020s | 1,456 | #976 |
Girl names about as popular as Dana
Questions
- Is Dana a boy or girl name?
- Dana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Dana were girls.
- How popular is the name Dana?
- 244 baby girls were named Dana in the US in 2025, making it the 1027th most popular girl name. Another 25 boys got the name (#4,138 for boys).
- When was Dana most popular?
- Dana peaked in 1971, when 6,934 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #44 in 1971.
- How many people are named Dana?
- 246,842 babies have been named Dana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 216,905 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 53.
- Where is Dana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dana was most common in New Jersey, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.