Danaja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-NAY-juh
- Origin
- Modern
Danaja is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Danaja come from?
Modern: spelling of Danajah; modern coinage
Meaning borrowed from Danajah.
Is Danaja a girl's or a boy's name?
Danaja is a girls' name.
How popular is Danaja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Danaja in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danaja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Danaja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Janiyah Amya Dhara Dayana Anaya Kaliyah Amaya Araya Anika Samira Jaliyah Radhika
Names related to Danaja
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Danaja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danaja, updated 20 October 2026.