Danaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-NAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Danaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Danaya come from?
Modern: elaboration of Dana; also the Russian form of Danae
Is Danaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Danaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Danaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Danaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Danaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Danaya, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Danaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Nicknames for Danaya
- Dana 39 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Danaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Amaya, Raya, Maya, Aisha, Inaya, Khadija, Amira, Araya, Avaya, Aaliyah, Safa
Names related to Danaya
Dana, Dania, Dayana, Danya, Daniya, Dayna, Daanya, Danna, Danae, Dayanna
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Danaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danaya, updated 20 October 2026.