Danah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAA-nah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Danah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “large pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Danah mean?
Arabic: from dana 'large pearl'
“large pearl”
Danah is the Gulf Arabic word for a large, perfect pearl.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Danah a girl's or a boy's name?
Danah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Danah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Danah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2012, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Danah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Danah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Danah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Danah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Danah in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,053 girls in the US were given Danah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #321, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Danah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
Names like Danah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab Ayah Farah Safa Aaliyah Summer Hiba Amal Khadija Hafsa Hibah Nusaybah
Other spellings of Danah
Names related to Danah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Danah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danah, updated 20 October 2026.