Dana

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Primarily a girl's name · 98% 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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 201 babies (rank #210 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

1,521
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
201
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
1996167#237
1997201#210
1998145#268
1999130#279
200073#429
200163#482
200246#608
200366#487
200445#658
200549#638
200651#631
200749#696
200847#747
200946#773
201053#698
201135#994
201245#845
201346#826
201455#717
201545#834
201638#959