Danah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Danah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Danah: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #576, and it stood at #3,533 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#576highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#2701
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2003	#2727
2007	#3667
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2013	#4050
2016	#4763
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2019	#3541
2021	#5581
2022	#3533

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 1997: #576 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3174 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2015
Highest recorded position: #576 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #3533 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Danah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 91 births with the name.

Danah across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Danah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2167 (2000)	#3533 (2022)	19 of 27	91 (1996–2022)	7 (2000)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#576 (1997)	#576 (1997)	#896 (2015)	2 of 19	6 (1997–2015)	3 (1997)

Danah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Danah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	25	5 of 10	5
2010s	40	8 of 10	5
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Danah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #576 in Republic of Ireland in 1997.

Danah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2022, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #576, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,533position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
1 yearyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2000Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Danann · #303, 14y
Danas · #403, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chisom · #576, 25y
Kaylin · #576, 24y
Oluwakemi · #576, 25y
Rayanne · #576, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anabel · #576, 29y
Chisom · #576, 25y
Kaylin · #576, 24y
Kiya · #576, 29y

Danah was ranked #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Danah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Danah without appearing here.

Danah moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
George Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Danah

Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #1689.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2727 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3667 and #1573.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3667 and #1741.

Moved the same way as Danah

Belinda Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Danah went from #2683 to #5581 and Belinda from #571 to #4634.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Danah went from #2683 to #5581 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Kerry Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Danah went from #2683 to #5581 and Kerry from #136 to #4634.
Kirsten Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Danah went from #2683 to #5581 and Kirsten from #195 to #5581.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #576 in Republic of Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Danah

Danah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Danah across 2 official records

Danah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Danah appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Danah across 2 official records

Danah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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