girl's name

Dannah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 630

Dannah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1999, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 301,477 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1965.

Dannah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

170
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Dannah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 10
1970s 30
1980s 72
1990s 170
2000s 130
2010s 165
2020s (to 2025) 43

How popular is Dannah?

In 2025, Dannah was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Dannah is used

Canada #3,336 5 in 2012
United States #8,923 11 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 Dannah

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

Parents who like Dannah also like

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

Sibling names for Dannah

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

Common questions about Dannah

How popular is the name Dannah?

In 2025, Dannah was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Dannah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Dannah most popular?

Dannah peaked in 1999, when 26 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Dannah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Dannah currently ranks #8,923 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.