Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Dana

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dana
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

6,934

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1882Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

230

All-time

193,311

Dana once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1971, when 6,934 girls were named Dana.

In 2024, only 230 girls were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 193,311 Americans have been named Dana and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

19716,934 girls named Dana

2024230 girls named Dana

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