Dana Name Popularity

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How popular is Dana?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Dana, ranked the 849th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Dana has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 44, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1971 with 6,933 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Dana was less than 5, most recently in 1889.

Approximately during the years 1897-1900, 1905-1910, 1911-1921, 1932-1936, 1937-1945, 1946-1964, and 1968-1971, the name Dana took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1987-1994, 1995-2004, and 2006-2013 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Dana has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Dana has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Dana lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dana?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Dana still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Dana has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Dana (Girl)		Dana (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		318	849	31	3,521
2017		278	944	30	3,590
2016		321	871	33	3,372
2015		326	855	37	3,091
2014		353	794	37	3,039
2013		373	732	29	3,592
2012		455	628	40	2,912
2011		469	617	40	2,910
2010		654	463	45	2,690
2009		574	528	57	2,290
2008		680	466	63	2,146
2007		727	440	73	1,928
2006		809	396	64	2,065
2005		791	397	74	1,778
2004		704	429	65	1,886
2003		800	379	78	1,615
2002		893	338	83	1,508
2001		945	328	99	1,317
2000		1,016	311	113	1,198
1999		1,321	239	113	1,157
1998		1,424	216	117	1,097
1997		1,683	179	151	906
1996		1,800	175	161	861
1995		1,756	170	186	784
1994		1,805	167	197	745
1993		1,988	155	246	656
1992		2,155	144	271	626
1991		2,413	131	335	554
1990		2,935	114	346	533
1989		2,999	105	357	505
1988		3,192	90	385	463
1987		3,423	83	419	429
1986		3,075	92	467	390
1985		3,346	82	482	375
1984		3,939	73	489	365
1983		3,923	73	476	368
1982		4,238	67	529	350
1981		4,247	71	542	339
1980		4,439	68	508	353
1979		4,951	54	627	311
1978		4,004	69	539	325
1977		4,339	62	638	304
1976		4,408	64	671	282
1975		4,621	62	858	239
1974		5,157	55	814	246
1973		4,932	59	1,012	216
1972		5,608	52	1,031	216
1971		6,933	44	1,098	213
1970		6,407	54	1,038	226
1969		6,025	60	1,006	229
1968		5,013	70	1,021	222
1967		4,933	71	1,029	218
1966		5,281	68	1,017	219
1965		4,726	77	1,217	206
1964		6,085	70	1,353	206
1963		5,048	88	1,620	181
1962		3,962	117	1,797	172
1961		3,543	128	1,694	180
1960		3,089	140	1,669	187
1959		2,970	143	1,697	180
1958		2,388	162	1,531	184
1957		2,406	155	1,619	186
1956		2,074	174	1,634	178
1955		1,569	201	1,568	177
1954		1,352	217	1,737	166
1953		1,197	229	1,505	178
1952		1,144	231	1,379	183
1951		1,076	235	1,285	185
1950		928	248	1,199	184
1949		853	260	1,078	192
1948		745	280	1,020	196
1947		716	292	946	207
1946		709	273	580	260
1945		645	268	340	323
1944		503	300	260	372
1943		417	350	186	462
1942		314	405	162	481
1941		282	409	144	490
1940		245	434	141	487
1939		169	515	144	475
1938		151	557	132	508
1937		150	544	133	498
1936		168	498	118	523
1935		128	566	120	528
1934		95	686	128	513
1933		108	629	134	484
1932		93	703	130	505
1931		95	684	130	504
1930		76	812	123	539
1929		87	753	122	527
1928		69	881	129	532
1927		84	792	141	513
1926		80	815	114	582
1925		79	837	116	578
1924		67	931	112	605
1923		80	819	110	607
1922		65	908	128	560
1921		89	776	107	610
1920		69	874	98	637
1919		51	1,011	83	682
1918		66	880	107	589
1917		55	934	98	600
1916		45	1,031	85	631
1915		37	1,125	89	610
1914		39	947	64	635
1913		22	1,185	53	605
1912		18	1,258	45	614
1911		13	1,324	26	600
1910		21	946	19	683
1909		13	1,164	16	689
1908		15	1,052	14	719
1907		11	1,224	15	675
1906		10	1,241	15	622
1905		7	1,571	15	621
1904		11	1,109	11	734
1903		14	937	9	803
1902		6	1,644	9	807
1901		6	1,524	11	645
1900		20	838	19	560
1899		15	848	15	507
1898		12	1,017	9	756
1897		10	1,051	7	866
1896		13	911	10	735
1895		9	1,141	12	613
1894		7	1,260	13	572
1893		8	1,105	10	666
1892		8	1,105	10	697
1891		11	851	15	458
1890		7	1,119	7	824
1889		< 5	--	8	733
1888		8	974	6	948
1887		< 5	--	7	764
1886		8	851	8	713
1885		6	946	9	656
1884		10	694	11	579
1883		7	762	6	818
1882		6	835	14	497
1881		< 5	--	9	609
1880		< 5	--	12	539

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.