Dana

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Primarily a girl's name · 94% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Dana is a unisex given name. It was among the 100 most popular names given to girls born in the United States between 1960 and 1990. It has since fallen in popularity and was ranked the 446th most popular name given to girls born in the United States in 2007.

From Wikipedia

Dana first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 230 babies (rank #149 that year). In 2024 it was given to 42 girls (rank #688). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Dana

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dana yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,734
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
230
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991197#172
1992220#156
1993202#165
1994161#179
1995229#152
1996230#149
1997227#149
1998180#169
1999193#155
2000148#192
2001125#230
2002111#261
2003113#256
200493#315
200587#338
200676#387
200780#390
200862#509
200963#486
201059#509
201165#483
201251#570
201359#511
201448#621
201544#651
201663#505
201748#616
201849#604
201939#733
202027#965
202143#669
202237#733
202350#567
202442#688