girl's name

Dania

  • Origin Arabic
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 13,038

France

#379

2025 births

Dania is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 229 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Dania is a name of Arabic origin.
  • Peaked in 2007, when 313 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 14,478 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1943.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Dania over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,403
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Dania by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 21
1950s 81
1960s 310
1970s 497
1980s 692
1990s 1,386
2000s 2,403
2010s 2,060
2020s (to 2025) 1,373

How popular is Dania?

In 2025, Dania was given to 229 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Dania is used

France #379 145 in 2025
Scotland #717 4 in 2020
England & Wales #801 46 in 2025
Canada #1,015 27 in 2024
Ireland #1,042 3 in 2025
United States #1,063 229 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dania

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Dania also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dania over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Dania in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Belarusian
Danila
Brazilian Portuguese
Daia
Czech
Dana
French
Damia
Italian
Dana
Latvian
Dana
Polish
Dana
Russian
Danila
Spanish
Dannia
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Danita Danya Danni Danisa

Sibling names for Dania

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dania — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dania

How popular is the name Dania?

In 2025, Dania was given to 229 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Dania a girl's or a boy's name?

Dania is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Dania?

Dania has 2 syllables.

When was Dania most popular?

Dania peaked in 2007, when 313 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Dania a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Dania currently ranks #379 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.