Danya

Danya was the #4,265 girls' name in the US in 2025 (33 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Danya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Danya 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Danya 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#4,265 (33)#2,440 (11)—#1,495 (16)
2024#3,822 (39)#2,575 (10)—#1,541 (15)
2023#4,276 (33)#2,689 (9)—#2,900 (6)
2022#3,033 (54)#3,971 (5)——
2021#5,091 (25)#5,581 (3)——
2020#4,005 (35)#5,493 (3)—#2,343 (8)
2019#3,337 (47)#4,686 (4)—#2,374 (8)
2018#3,201 (50)#2,340 (11)—#1,301 (18)
2017#3,552 (43)#2,201 (12)—#2,609 (7)
2016#2,739 (63)#3,609 (6)—#1,533 (15)
2015#2,927 (59)#3,252 (7)—#1,757 (12)
2014#2,412 (75)#2,058 (13)—#2,026 (10)
2013#2,508 (71)#1,484 (21)—#1,305 (18)
2012#2,336 (80)#2,717 (9)#815 (3)#1,904 (11)
2011#2,434 (75)#3,549 (6)—#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #1,726.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1939.

How common is it?

about 1 in 48,000 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 48,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Danya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 41,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 77,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Danya 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: #3,095CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Danya (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#5917

Danya (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
DanyaCanadaGirls#1,49516
DanyaEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
DanyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DanyaScotlandGirls—too few
DanyaUSGirls#4,26533
DanyaUSBoys—too few