Danae
Danae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 167 births. Its best rank was 913th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1670.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2001212 births
- Best rank
- #913in 1991
- Since 1947
- 7,365people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,365 girls have been named Danae in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 212 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Danae | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 16 | |
| 1950s | 122 | |
| 1960s | 269 | |
| 1970s | 549 | |
| 1980s | 1,293 | |
| 1990s | 1,699 | |
| 2000s | 1,815 | |
| 2010s | 987 | |
| 2020s | 615 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Danae was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2001 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Danae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Stefanypeak 2002
- Anamariapeak 2001
- Sheapeak 2005
- Ilanapeak 1992
- Desirepeak 2008
- Sabapeak 2001
- Florpeak 2007
- Rebecapeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.