Danae
Girl · duh-NAY · Greek
Danae is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,410th for girls in the US (74 babies).
What does Danae mean?
Greek: from Greek mythology
In Greek myth Danae was the mother of the hero Perseus, visited by Zeus as a shower of gold.
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- duh-NAY
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Is Danae a girl's or a boy's name?
Danae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Danae in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Danae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Danae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Danae in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,410among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 74 girls in the US were named Danae, making it the 2,410th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 212 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
2025 had fewer girls named Danae than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Danae in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were given Danae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,627, up from #2,410 for this spelling alone.
Danae in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,410 |
| 2024 | 170 | #1,341 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,762 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,698 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,816 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 85 | #2,221 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2015 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2014 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2013 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2012 | 98 | #1,983 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,715 |
| 2010 | 132 | #1,629 |
| 2009 | 148 | #1,528 |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,445 |
| 2007 | 160 | #1,459 |
| 2006 | 182 | #1,293 |
| 2005 | 181 | #1,252 |
| 2004 | 200 | #1,139 |
| 2003 | 196 | #1,122 |
| 2002 | 202 | #1,055 |
| 2001 | 212 | #1,010 |
| 2000 | 171 | #1,169 |
| 1999 | 153 | #1,229 |
| 1998 | 144 | #1,257 |
| 1997 | 157 | #1,167 |
| 1996 | 155 | #1,170 |
| 1995 | 163 | #1,087 |
| 1994 | 172 | #1,053 |
| 1993 | 151 | #1,162 |
| 1992 | 202 | #950 |
| 1991 | 211 | #911 |
| 1990 | 191 | #973 |
| 1989 | 164 | #1,039 |
| 1988 | 162 | #1,007 |
| 1987 | 157 | #997 |
| 1986 | 153 | #1,005 |
| 1985 | 124 | #1,149 |
| 1984 | 119 | #1,144 |
| 1983 | 107 | #1,200 |
| 1982 | 122 | #1,152 |
| 1981 | 108 | #1,209 |
| 1980 | 77 | #1,528 |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,503 |
| 1978 | 97 | #1,265 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,637 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,713 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,213 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,885 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,804 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,711 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,749 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Danae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Danae
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