NameTides

Danae

Danae was the #2,410 girls' name in the US in 2025 (74 babies), and #2,730 in Canada.

Danae as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Danae as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Danae as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,410 (74)——#2,730 (7)
2024#1,341 (170)——#1,833 (12)
2023#1,762 (116)#4,057 (5)—#1,369 (17)
2022#1,885 (107)#3,971 (5)—#1,635 (13)
2021#1,698 (122)#3,961 (5)—#1,229 (20)
2020#1,872 (103)#2,615 (9)—#1,249 (19)
2019#1,816 (112)#3,541 (6)—#1,283 (19)
2018#2,159 (87)#3,178 (7)—#1,164 (21)
2017#2,221 (85)#1,995 (14)—#794 (35)
2016#2,902 (58)#2,547 (10)—#1,280 (19)
2015#2,194 (86)#2,945 (8)—#888 (30)
2014#1,956 (102)#4,003 (5)—#772 (36)
2013#1,888 (106)#3,536 (6)—#864 (31)
2012#1,983 (98)#4,171 (5)—#577 (51)
2011#1,715 (121)#2,636 (9)—#639 (45)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #1,011.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Danae is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,600 to 1 in 31,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Danae by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Danae (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696

Danae (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DanaeCanadaGirls#2,7307
DanaeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DanaeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DanaeScotlandGirls—too few
DanaeUSGirls#2,41074
DanaeUSBoys—too few