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Danna

Means “of Anna”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #521, 2016: #510, 2017: #533, 2018: #527, 2019: #507, 2020: #487, 2021: #368, 2022: #353, 2023: #295, 2024: #306, 2025: #3941 in 2,042 girls in the US, 2025#394 · rising · was #521 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #4,736, 2017: #3,583, 2019: #3,541, 2020: #5,493, 2022: #5,670, 2023: #4,057, 2024: #4,844, 2025: #4,2011 in 50,656 girls in E&W, 2025#4,201 · rising · was #4,736 in 2015

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What Danna means

Means “of Anna”

As a surname from French D'Anna (“of Anna”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Danna” (revision 72617877), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Danna?

US 2025
#394
787 babies
▼ 88 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#4201
5 babies
▲ 643 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #521 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4736 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2010)

Biggest US share so far: 2010, when 1,226 girls got the name (#267 that year). First in the US records in 1916.

How common

  • About 1 in 2,042 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 50,656 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (1.3 per 1,000 girls), NJ (1.24 per 1,000 girls), CT (1.13 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Danna is #394 in the US and #4201 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#3947871 in 2,042#521
England & Wales#420151 in 50,656#4736
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Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Danna were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20257870
England & Wales 202550
US all years since 188025,106134
England & Wales since 1996620

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Dani364 US · 7 E&W
  • Dana244 US · 39 E&W
  • Dina168 US · 28 E&W
  • Donna98 US
  • Danae74 US
  • Danni53 US · 5 E&W
  • Deena26 US · 11 E&W
  • Dena30 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Danna

Girls

  • Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
  • Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”
  • Chaya#587“living”
  • Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
  • Hadassah#569“myrtle”
  • Selah#216“to hang”

For a brother

  • Jude#155possibly “praised”
  • Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”
  • Nehemiah#429“consolation of Yahweh”
  • Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
  • Ephraim#988“fruitful”
  • Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Danna’s. Rank is US 2025.

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