Is Dana a boy or girl name?
Dana is mostly a girl name in the US. In 2024, 230 girls and 25 boys were named Dana, so 90.2% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 78.4% of the 246,572 US babies named Dana were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #4,206
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,077
- Babies named Dana since 1880
- 246,572
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 8,032 babies
Boys and girls named Dana, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 90 | 45 | 33.3% |
| 1890s | 108 | 100 | 48.1% |
| 1900s | 134 | 113 | 45.7% |
| 1910s | 669 | 367 | 35.4% |
| 1920s | 1,177 | 768 | 39.5% |
| 1930s | 1,292 | 1,232 | 48.8% |
| 1940s | 4,859 | 5,429 | 52.8% |
| 1950s | 15,159 | 17,106 | 53% |
| 1960s | 13,427 | 47,701 | 78% |
| 1970s | 8,325 | 51,361 | 86.1% |
| 1980s | 4,655 | 36,825 | 88.8% |
| 1990s | 2,123 | 19,283 | 90.1% |
| 2000s | 770 | 7,942 | 91.2% |
| 2010s | 355 | 3,827 | 91.5% |
| 2020s | 118 | 1,212 | 91.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25 | #4,206 | 230 | #1,077 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,774 | 264 | #976 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,886 | 253 | #1,021 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,137 | 231 | #1,080 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,838 | 234 | #1,060 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,434 | 278 | #953 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,548 | 318 | #853 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,604 | 279 | #948 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,377 | 322 | #873 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,096 | 326 | #857 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,047 | 353 | #795 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,599 | 373 | #733 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,914 | 455 | #628 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,913 | 469 | #617 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,692 | 654 | #463 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,293 | 574 | #528 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,146 | 681 | #465 |
| 2007 | 74 | #1,915 | 728 | #441 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,066 | 809 | #397 |
| 2005 | 74 | #1,778 | 791 | #397 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,888 | 704 | #429 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,615 | 800 | #379 |
| 2002 | 83 | #1,508 | 894 | #338 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,317 | 945 | #329 |
| 2000 | 113 | #1,199 | 1,016 | #311 |
| 1999 | 113 | #1,158 | 1,322 | #239 |
| 1998 | 117 | #1,098 | 1,425 | #216 |
| 1997 | 151 | #906 | 1,683 | #179 |
| 1996 | 161 | #861 | 1,801 | #175 |
| 1995 | 186 | #785 | 1,756 | #171 |
| 1994 | 197 | #746 | 1,805 | #167 |
| 1993 | 246 | #656 | 1,988 | #155 |
| 1992 | 271 | #626 | 2,155 | #144 |
| 1991 | 335 | #554 | 2,412 | #131 |
| 1990 | 346 | #533 | 2,936 | #114 |
| 1989 | 358 | #505 | 2,997 | #105 |
| 1988 | 385 | #463 | 3,192 | #90 |
| 1987 | 419 | #429 | 3,422 | #83 |
| 1986 | 467 | #390 | 3,076 | #92 |
| 1985 | 482 | #375 | 3,348 | #82 |
| 1984 | 489 | #365 | 3,939 | #73 |
| 1983 | 476 | #369 | 3,926 | #72 |
| 1982 | 529 | #350 | 4,241 | #67 |
| 1981 | 542 | #339 | 4,246 | #70 |
| 1980 | 508 | #353 | 4,438 | #68 |
| 1979 | 627 | #311 | 4,948 | #54 |
| 1978 | 539 | #325 | 4,003 | #70 |
| 1977 | 638 | #304 | 4,339 | #62 |
| 1976 | 671 | #282 | 4,408 | #64 |
| 1975 | 858 | #239 | 4,620 | #62 |
| 1974 | 813 | #246 | 5,159 | #55 |
| 1973 | 1,013 | #216 | 4,934 | #59 |
| 1972 | 1,030 | #216 | 5,611 | #52 |
| 1971 | 1,098 | #213 | 6,934 | #44 |
| 1970 | 1,038 | #226 | 6,405 | #54 |
| 1969 | 1,006 | #228 | 6,025 | #60 |
| 1968 | 1,021 | #222 | 5,013 | #70 |
| 1967 | 1,028 | #218 | 4,934 | #71 |
| 1966 | 1,018 | #219 | 5,278 | #68 |
| 1965 | 1,216 | #206 | 4,722 | #78 |
| 1964 | 1,355 | #206 | 6,086 | #70 |
| 1963 | 1,621 | #181 | 5,049 | #88 |
| 1962 | 1,796 | #172 | 3,964 | #117 |
| 1961 | 1,693 | #180 | 3,543 | #128 |
| 1960 | 1,673 | #186 | 3,087 | #141 |
| 1959 | 1,693 | #180 | 2,971 | #143 |
| 1958 | 1,536 | #184 | 2,388 | #162 |
| 1957 | 1,619 | #186 | 2,408 | #155 |
| 1956 | 1,634 | #178 | 2,074 | #174 |
| 1955 | 1,571 | #176 | 1,568 | #202 |
| 1954 | 1,741 | #165 | 1,352 | #217 |
| 1953 | 1,504 | #178 | 1,196 | #230 |
| 1952 | 1,380 | #183 | 1,144 | #231 |
| 1951 | 1,283 | #185 | 1,077 | #235 |
| 1950 | 1,198 | #184 | 928 | #248 |
| 1949 | 1,079 | #192 | 853 | #260 |
| 1948 | 1,021 | #196 | 745 | #280 |
| 1947 | 945 | #208 | 716 | #292 |
| 1946 | 580 | #260 | 709 | #273 |
| 1945 | 340 | #323 | 645 | #268 |
| 1944 | 260 | #372 | 503 | #300 |
| 1943 | 186 | #462 | 417 | #350 |
| 1942 | 162 | #481 | 314 | #405 |
| 1941 | 144 | #490 | 282 | #409 |
| 1940 | 142 | #483 | 245 | #434 |
| 1939 | 144 | #475 | 169 | #514 |
| 1938 | 132 | #508 | 151 | #557 |
| 1937 | 133 | #498 | 150 | #544 |
| 1936 | 118 | #523 | 168 | #498 |
| 1935 | 120 | #528 | 128 | #566 |
| 1934 | 128 | #513 | 95 | #686 |
| 1933 | 134 | #484 | 108 | #629 |
| 1932 | 130 | #505 | 93 | #703 |
| 1931 | 130 | #503 | 95 | #684 |
| 1930 | 123 | #538 | 75 | #818 |
| 1929 | 122 | #527 | 87 | #753 |
| 1928 | 129 | #533 | 69 | #882 |
| 1927 | 141 | #513 | 84 | #792 |
| 1926 | 114 | #583 | 80 | #816 |
| 1925 | 116 | #578 | 78 | #843 |
| 1924 | 112 | #605 | 67 | #931 |
| 1923 | 110 | #607 | 80 | #819 |
| 1922 | 128 | #559 | 65 | #908 |
| 1921 | 107 | #611 | 89 | #776 |
| 1920 | 98 | #637 | 69 | #874 |
| 1919 | 83 | #682 | 51 | #1,011 |
| 1918 | 108 | #586 | 66 | #880 |
| 1917 | 97 | #605 | 55 | #934 |
| 1916 | 85 | #631 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1915 | 89 | #610 | 37 | #1,125 |
| 1914 | 64 | #635 | 39 | #947 |
| 1913 | 53 | #605 | 22 | #1,185 |
| 1912 | 45 | #614 | 18 | #1,258 |
| 1911 | 26 | #600 | 13 | #1,324 |
| 1910 | 19 | #683 | 21 | #946 |
| 1909 | 16 | #689 | 13 | #1,164 |
| 1908 | 14 | #719 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1907 | 15 | #675 | 11 | #1,224 |
| 1906 | 15 | #622 | 10 | #1,241 |
| 1905 | 15 | #621 | 7 | #1,571 |
| 1904 | 11 | #733 | 11 | #1,109 |
| 1903 | 9 | #803 | 14 | #937 |
| 1902 | 9 | #807 | 6 | #1,644 |
| 1901 | 11 | #645 | 6 | #1,524 |
| 1900 | 19 | #560 | 20 | #838 |
| 1899 | 15 | #507 | 15 | #848 |
| 1898 | 9 | #756 | 12 | #1,017 |
| 1897 | 7 | #866 | 10 | #1,051 |
| 1896 | 10 | #735 | 13 | #911 |
| 1895 | 12 | #613 | 9 | #1,141 |
| 1894 | 13 | #572 | 7 | #1,260 |
| 1893 | 10 | #666 | 8 | #1,105 |
| 1892 | 10 | #697 | 8 | #1,105 |
| 1891 | 15 | #458 | 11 | #851 |
| 1890 | 7 | #824 | 7 | #1,119 |
| 1889 | 8 | #733 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #948 | 8 | #974 |
| 1887 | 7 | #764 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 8 | #713 | 8 | #851 |
| 1885 | 9 | #656 | 6 | #946 |
| 1884 | 11 | #579 | 10 | #694 |
| 1883 | 6 | #818 | 7 | #762 |
| 1882 | 14 | #497 | 6 | #835 |
| 1881 | 9 | #609 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 12 | #539 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Dana reached #165 in 1954. As a girl name, it reached #44 in 1971. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Dana
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.