# Danae (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danae/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdænə.iː/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Danaë |
| US babies named this | 7,449 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 7,443 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 224, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 121 | 1,715 |
| 2012 | 98 | 1,986 |
| 2013 | 106 | 1,890 |
| 2014 | 102 | 1,960 |
| 2015 | 86 | 2,198 |
| 2016 | 58 | 2,912 |
| 2017 | 85 | 2,228 |
| 2018 | 87 | 2,165 |
| 2019 | 112 | 1,820 |
| 2020 | 103 | 1,873 |
| 2021 | 122 | 1,699 |
| 2022 | 107 | 1,887 |
| 2023 | 116 | 1,763 |
| 2024 | 170 | 1,344 |
| 2025 | 74 | 2,417 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6 | 7,365 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 15 | 1,752 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |

## People named Danae

- Danaé Blais, Canadian short-track speed skater

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.