# Danya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danya/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,678 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29 / 3,649 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 293, 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 | 75 | 2,441 |
| 2012 | 80 | 2,342 |
| 2013 | 71 | 2,516 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2,422 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,940 |
| 2016 | 63 | 2,745 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,575 |
| 2018 | 50 | 3,216 |
| 2019 | 47 | 3,347 |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,029 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,124 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,046 |
| 2023 | 33 | 4,301 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,840 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,283 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 8 | 4,029 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,037 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,238 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8,012 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,484 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Danya

- Danya Abrams, American basketball player (born 1974)

## 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.