How Many People Are Named Dannah?
An estimated 592 people in the United States have the first name Dannah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Dannah peaked in popularity in 1999 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Dannah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Dannah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
592
About 1 in 578,977 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
1999
26 births
Total Registered
609
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Dannah
Dannah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 609 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Dannah as a female name
Ranked #8,036 in 2024
13 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (26 births)
Dannah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Dannah span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 170 babies were registered. Dannah has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Dannah by Decade
How has Dannah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Dannah by State
Dannah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Dannah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Dannah
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Dannah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dannah?
We estimate approximately 592 people named Dannah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 578,977 Americans share this first name.
Is Dannah a common name?
Dannah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 609 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Dannah most popular?
Dannah reached peak popularity in 1999, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Dannah is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Dannah a female name?
Dannah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Dannah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Dannah Smith, Dannah Johnson, Dannah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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