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Danila

#10,282 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Danila has been given to 239 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #10,282 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 15 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Danila, 2025

1 in 368,000

Danila over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Danila over time

In 2025, Danila went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19742025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Danila: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Danila means

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

The naming story behind Danila

A separate documented entry treats Danila as a form of Daniel. 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 Danila as a feminine form of Daniel. 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

Danila is used in Ingrian.

Danila comes through Russian Данила.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Daniel.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Ingrian, Danila is pronounced /ˈdɑnilɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 190 girls were recorded with the name Danila between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2010; its best national rank was #6,937 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,453 in 2020 to #10,282 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,634 in 2015 to #10,282 in 2025.

In the United States, 49 boys were recorded with the name Danila between 2007 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2009; its best national rank was #9,163 in 2009.

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 Danila?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,282
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Danila 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Danila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Danilas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Danila was born before 2010 — so the typical Danila is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
35.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
190
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 35.3% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Danila 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
+2,186
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,171
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−648
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.82×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
60.0%
Peak was 2010 (15)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,937
1984

Spellings of Danila

Danila is not the most common spelling — Anita is, with 18.5% against Danila's 0.02%.

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.

Danila around the world

Where Danila 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.

  • France
    1945–2001
    #4,303
    in 2001
  • Canada
    2023–2023
    #3,391
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1964–2007
    #803
    in 2007

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Danila by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,282
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,171
Best rank ever
#6,937
1984
Peak year
2010
15 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
190
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,163
2009
Peak year
2009
8 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
49
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Danila

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

DaneliDannaeDanalyDanahiDanniaDaniahDanelyDanieDanylahDannahDaniylaDanityDanariDaniraDanekaDanylaDanyalJanilaDanyahDanyleDanayaJalilaDanykaDanaja

Sibling names for Danila

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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