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Dania

#1,063 in 2025Girls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Dania has been given to 8,823 babies in the U.S. since 1943. In 2025 it ranked #1,063 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 313 recorded.

Babies named Dania, 2025

1 in 14,500

Dania over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dania: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dania means

Dania has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Dania

A separate documented entry treats Dania as a diminutive of Daniela. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Dania as a alternate transcription of Daniya. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Dania is used in Faroese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,818 girls were recorded with the name Dania between 1943 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 313 in 2007; its best national rank was #764 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,211 in 2020 to #1,063 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,228 in 2015 to #1,063 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Dania between 1993 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1993; its best national rank was #9,001 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dania?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 14,500
229 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 7,020
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,063
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,036 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dania sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,036 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dania. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Danias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dania was born before 2006 — so the typical Dania is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
27.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
64.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,797
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2000s — 27.3% of all recorded uses (2,403).

Is Dania rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+36
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+148
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+165
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.14×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
73.2%
Peak was 2007 (313)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#764
1996

Spellings of Dania

Dania is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 16.5% against Dania's 0.16%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dania is used

Across 2016–2025, Dania was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 4,000 girls, against 1 in 7,337 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

225 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 4,000
  2. 2Arizona1 in 4,167
  3. 3California1 in 4,762
  4. 4Illinois1 in 5,263
  5. 5Maryland1 in 6,667
  6. 6Virginia1 in 6,667
  7. 7New Jersey1 in 7,143
  8. 8Washington1 in 7,143

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Dania around the world

Where Dania ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #792
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2020–2020
    #636
    in 2020
  • Ireland
    2009–2025
    #885
    in 2025
  • France
    1930–2025
    #381
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #991
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1958–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Dania

People whose public names include Dania, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Dania in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Dania. Linked forms have their own page here.

DaiaDanaDaniDamiaDanjaDanniDanyaDoniaDuniaDanilaDanisaDanitaDannia

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Dania by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,063
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 148
Best rank ever
#764
1996
Peak year
2007
313 that year
First recorded
1943
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,818
Count in 2025
229

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,001
1993
Peak year
1993
5 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dania

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DanniaDanaeDanielDanyaDaniDanikaDannaDanniDanicaKeniaDannyDanetteDannieDanahDanitaToniaRaniaJaniaVaniaXeniaDanieleTaniaDaniyaDanay

Names with a curve like Dania

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Dania, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GiovannaXochitlIlianaChiaraPalomaRyannAlenaMiyaSamiraAnneliseKallieAnneliese

Sibling names for Dania

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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