# Danna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danna/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “of anna” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,240 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 134 / 25,106 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 62, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

As a surname from French D'Anna (“of Anna”). The given name is more probably a feminine form coined from Dan or Daniel.

## 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 | 876 | 365 |
| 2012 | 625 | 490 |
| 2013 | 650 | 473 |
| 2014 | 564 | 550 |
| 2015 | 602 | 521 |
| 2016 | 610 | 510 |
| 2017 | 581 | 533 |
| 2018 | 594 | 527 |
| 2019 | 621 | 507 |
| 2020 | 627 | 487 |
| 2021 | 843 | 369 |
| 2022 | 899 | 354 |
| 2023 | 1,056 | 295 |
| 2024 | 1,003 | 307 |
| 2025 | 787 | 394 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 6 | 3,621 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,112 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,155 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,172 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,688 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,637 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,776 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,854 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,129 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,641 |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,782 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,633 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,090 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,523 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,663 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Danna

- Danna García, Colombian actress

## 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.