Dana

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 78% girls / 22% boys

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 1882 and has been recorded in 141 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 6,934 babies (rank #44 that year). In 2024 it was given to 230 girls (rank #1,077). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
2Soul urgeThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

246,572

Total babies (all years)

141

Years in the data

6,934

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Dana

Dana Internationalrecording artist · b. 1969
Dana Delanyfilm actor · b. 1956
Dana Andrewstrade unionist · b. 1909
Dana Whiteentrepreneur · b. 1969
Dana ZátopkováOlympic competitor · b. 1922

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1882	6	#835
1883	7	#762
1884	10	#694
1885	6	#946
1886	8	#851
1888	8	#974
1890	7	#1,119
1891	11	#851
1892	8	#1,105
1893	8	#1,105
1894	7	#1,260
1895	9	#1,141
1896	13	#911
1897	10	#1,051
1898	12	#1,017
1899	15	#848
1900	20	#838
1901	6	#1,524
1902	6	#1,644
1903	14	#937
1904	11	#1,109
1905	7	#1,571
1906	10	#1,241
1907	11	#1,224
1908	15	#1,052
1909	13	#1,164
1910	21	#946
1911	13	#1,324
1912	18	#1,258
1913	22	#1,185
1914	39	#947
1915	37	#1,125
1916	45	#1,031
1917	55	#934
1918	66	#880
1919	51	#1,011
1920	69	#874
1921	89	#776
1922	65	#908
1923	80	#819
1924	67	#931
1925	78	#843
1926	80	#816
1927	84	#792
1928	69	#882
1929	87	#753
1930	75	#818
1931	95	#684
1932	93	#703
1933	108	#629
1934	95	#686
1935	128	#566
1936	168	#498
1937	150	#544
1938	151	#557
1939	169	#514
1940	245	#434
1941	282	#409
1942	314	#405
1943	417	#350
1944	503	#300
1945	645	#268
1946	709	#273
1947	716	#292
1948	745	#280
1949	853	#260
1950	928	#248
1951	1,077	#235
1952	1,144	#231
1953	1,196	#230
1954	1,352	#217
1955	1,568	#202
1956	2,074	#174
1957	2,408	#155
1958	2,388	#162
1959	2,971	#143
1960	3,087	#141
1961	3,543	#128
1962	3,964	#117
1963	5,049	#88
1964	6,086	#70
1965	4,722	#78
1966	5,278	#68
1967	4,934	#71
1968	5,013	#70
1969	6,025	#60
1970	6,405	#54
1971	6,934	#44
1972	5,611	#52
1973	4,934	#59
1974	5,159	#55
1975	4,620	#62
1976	4,408	#64
1977	4,339	#62
1978	4,003	#70
1979	4,948	#54
1980	4,438	#68
1981	4,246	#70
1982	4,241	#67
1983	3,926	#72
1984	3,939	#73
1985	3,348	#82
1986	3,076	#92
1987	3,422	#83
1988	3,192	#90
1989	2,997	#105
1990	2,936	#114
1991	2,412	#131
1992	2,155	#144
1993	1,988	#155
1994	1,805	#167
1995	1,756	#171
1996	1,801	#175
1997	1,683	#179
1998	1,425	#216
1999	1,322	#239
2000	1,016	#311
2001	945	#329
2002	894	#338
2003	800	#379
2004	704	#429
2005	791	#397
2006	809	#397
2007	728	#441
2008	681	#465
2009	574	#528
2010	654	#463
2011	469	#617
2012	455	#628
2013	373	#733
2014	353	#795
2015	326	#857
2016	322	#873
2017	279	#948
2018	318	#853
2019	278	#953
2020	234	#1,060
2021	231	#1,080
2022	253	#1,021
2023	264	#976
2024	230	#1,077