Dana**
#170 most common girls' name of all time · #330 across all names · 22% male / 78% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#170
Rank overall
#330 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
246,842
Since 2016
2,924
Peak year
1971 #44
Best rank
#44 1971
Girls
Boys
peak 8,032/yr
Dana is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 244 | 25 | 269 | #1,027 |
| 2024 | 230 | 25 | 255 | #1,077 |
| 2023 | 264 | 21 | 285 | #976 |
| 2022 | 253 | 20 | 273 | #1,022 |
| 2021 | 231 | 25 | 256 | #1,083 |
| 2020 | 234 | 27 | 261 | #1,060 |
| 2019 | 278 | 33 | 311 | #951 |
| 2018 | 318 | 31 | 349 | #853 |
| 2017 | 280 | 30 | 310 | #942 |
| 2016 | 322 | 33 | 355 | #873 |
| 2015 | 326 | 37 | 363 | #856 |
| 2014 | 353 | 37 | 390 | #794 |
| 2013 | 373 | 29 | 402 | #732 |
| 2012 | 455 | 40 | 495 | #628 |
| 2011 | 469 | 40 | 509 | #618 |
| 2010 | 654 | 45 | 699 | #463 |
| 2009 | 574 | 57 | 631 | #528 |
| 2008 | 681 | 63 | 744 | #464 |
| 2007 | 728 | 74 | 802 | #441 |
| 2006 | 809 | 64 | 873 | #397 |
| 2005 | 791 | 74 | 865 | #398 |
| 2004 | 704 | 65 | 769 | #429 |
| 2003 | 800 | 78 | 878 | #379 |
| 2002 | 894 | 83 | 977 | #338 |
| 2001 | 945 | 99 | 1,044 | #329 |
| 2000 | 1,016 | 113 | 1,129 | #311 |
| 1999 | 1,323 | 113 | 1,436 | #239 |
| 1998 | 1,425 | 117 | 1,542 | #216 |
| 1997 | 1,683 | 151 | 1,834 | #179 |
| 1996 | 1,801 | 161 | 1,962 | #175 |
| 1995 | 1,757 | 186 | 1,943 | #170 |
| 1994 | 1,804 | 197 | 2,001 | #167 |
| 1993 | 1,988 | 246 | 2,234 | #155 |
| 1992 | 2,155 | 271 | 2,426 | #144 |
| 1991 | 2,412 | 335 | 2,747 | #131 |
| 1990 | 2,936 | 346 | 3,282 | #114 |
| 1989 | 2,997 | 358 | 3,355 | #105 |
| 1988 | 3,192 | 385 | 3,577 | #90 |
| 1987 | 3,422 | 419 | 3,841 | #83 |
| 1986 | 3,076 | 467 | 3,543 | #92 |
| 1985 | 3,348 | 482 | 3,830 | #82 |
| 1984 | 3,939 | 489 | 4,428 | #73 |
| 1983 | 3,926 | 476 | 4,402 | #72 |
| 1982 | 4,242 | 529 | 4,771 | #67 |
| 1981 | 4,246 | 542 | 4,788 | #70 |
| 1980 | 4,438 | 508 | 4,946 | #68 |
| 1979 | 4,948 | 627 | 5,575 | #54 |
| 1978 | 4,002 | 539 | 4,541 | #71 |
| 1977 | 4,339 | 638 | 4,977 | #62 |
| 1976 | 4,408 | 671 | 5,079 | #64 |
| 1975 | 4,619 | 858 | 5,477 | #62 |
| 1974 | 5,158 | 813 | 5,971 | #55 |
| 1973 | 4,934 | 1,013 | 5,947 | #59 |
| 1972 | 5,610 | 1,030 | 6,640 | #52 |
| 1971 | 6,934 | 1,098 | 8,032 | #44 |
| 1970 | 6,406 | 1,038 | 7,444 | #54 |
| 1969 | 6,025 | 1,006 | 7,031 | #60 |
| 1968 | 5,012 | 1,021 | 6,033 | #70 |
| 1967 | 4,935 | 1,028 | 5,963 | #71 |
| 1966 | 5,278 | 1,018 | 6,296 | #68 |
| 1965 | 4,722 | 1,216 | 5,938 | #78 |
| 1964 | 6,087 | 1,355 | 7,442 | #70 |
| 1963 | 5,048 | 1,621 | 6,669 | #88 |
| 1962 | 3,964 | 1,799 | 5,763 | #117 |
| 1961 | 3,544 | 1,693 | 5,237 | #128 |
| 1960 | 3,086 | 1,670 | 4,756 | #141 |
| 1959 | 2,970 | 1,694 | 4,664 | #143 |
| 1958 | 2,389 | 1,536 | 3,925 | #162 |
| 1957 | 2,408 | 1,619 | 4,027 | #155 |
| 1956 | 2,074 | 1,634 | 3,708 | #174 |
| 1955 | 1,568 | 1,571 | 3,139 | #202 |
| 1954 | 1,352 | 1,741 | 3,093 | #217 |
| 1953 | 1,196 | 1,505 | 2,701 | #230 |
| 1952 | 1,144 | 1,378 | 2,522 | #231 |
| 1951 | 1,077 | 1,284 | 2,361 | #236 |
| 1950 | 928 | 1,198 | 2,126 | #248 |
| 1949 | 853 | 1,079 | 1,932 | #260 |
| 1948 | 745 | 1,021 | 1,766 | #280 |
| 1947 | 716 | 945 | 1,661 | #292 |
| 1946 | 709 | 580 | 1,289 | #273 |
| 1945 | 645 | 340 | 985 | #269 |
| 1944 | 503 | 260 | 763 | #300 |
| 1943 | 417 | 186 | 603 | #350 |
| 1942 | 314 | 162 | 476 | #405 |
| 1941 | 282 | 144 | 426 | #409 |
| 1940 | 245 | 142 | 387 | #434 |
| 1939 | 169 | 144 | 313 | #516 |
| 1938 | 151 | 132 | 283 | #558 |
| 1937 | 150 | 133 | 283 | #544 |
| 1936 | 168 | 118 | 286 | #499 |
| 1935 | 128 | 120 | 248 | #567 |
| 1934 | 95 | 128 | 223 | #687 |
| 1933 | 108 | 134 | 242 | #629 |
| 1932 | 93 | 130 | 223 | #706 |
| 1931 | 95 | 130 | 225 | #685 |
| 1930 | 75 | 123 | 198 | #820 |
| 1929 | 87 | 122 | 209 | #755 |
| 1928 | 69 | 129 | 198 | #883 |
| 1927 | 84 | 141 | 225 | #793 |
| 1926 | 80 | 114 | 194 | #816 |
| 1925 | 78 | 116 | 194 | #847 |
| 1924 | 67 | 112 | 179 | #932 |
| 1923 | 80 | 110 | 190 | #821 |
| 1922 | 65 | 128 | 193 | #908 |
| 1921 | 89 | 107 | 196 | #777 |
| 1920 | 69 | 98 | 167 | #874 |
| 1919 | 51 | 83 | 134 | #1,010 |
| 1918 | 66 | 108 | 174 | #881 |
| 1917 | 55 | 97 | 152 | #937 |
| 1916 | 45 | 85 | 130 | #1,029 |
| 1915 | 37 | 89 | 126 | #1,121 |
| 1914 | 39 | 64 | 103 | #946 |
| 1913 | 22 | 53 | 75 | #1,192 |
| 1912 | 18 | 45 | 63 | #1,266 |
| 1911 | 13 | 26 | 39 | #1,316 |
| 1910 | 21 | 19 | 40 | #948 |
| 1909 | 13 | 16 | 29 | #1,170 |
| 1908 | 15 | 14 | 29 | #1,057 |
| 1907 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #1,227 |
| 1906 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #1,249 |
| 1905 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #1,565 |
| 1904 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #1,114 |
| 1903 | 14 | 9 | 23 | #943 |
| 1902 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #1,628 |
| 1901 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #1,498 |
| 1900 | 20 | 19 | 39 | #846 |
| 1899 | 15 | 15 | 30 | #852 |
| 1898 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #1,026 |
| 1897 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #926 |
| 1895 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #1,140 |
| 1894 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #1,251 |
| 1893 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #1,109 |
| 1892 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #1,108 |
| 1891 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #858 |
| 1890 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #1,122 |
| 1889 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1888 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #993 |
| 1887 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1886 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #857 |
| 1885 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #958 |
| 1884 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #716 |
| 1883 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #786 |
| 1882 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #857 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1880 | — | 12 | 12 | — |