Dania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAN-ee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #836 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,063 for girls
Dania is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “near, close”. In 2025 it ranked 836th for girls in the UK (46 babies) and 1,063rd for girls in the US (229 babies).
What does Dania mean?
Arabic: Arabic Daniya; also a feminine form of Daniel in some languages
“near, close”
Is Dania a girl's or a boy's name?
Dania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 girls in the UK and 229 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dania in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #836among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 6,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were named Dania, making it the 836th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 877th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 48 girls.
2025 had more girls named Dania than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Dania in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 girls in the UK were given Dania or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #701, up from #836 for this spelling alone.
- Dania 46
- Daania 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 792nd in England and Wales.
Dania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #836 |
| 2024 | 35 | #1,046 |
| 2023 | 40 | #949 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 42 | #906 |
| 2020 | 44 | #877 |
| 2019 | 34 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 36 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 35 | #1,069 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 35 | #996 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Dania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,063among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 229about 1 in 7,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 229 girls in the US were named Dania, making it the 1,063rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,211th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 313 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the girls named Dania in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 249 girls in the US were given Dania or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #935, up from #1,063 for this spelling alone.
Dania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 229 | #1,063 |
| 2024 | 223 | #1,099 |
| 2023 | 312 | #854 |
| 2022 | 239 | #1,062 |
| 2021 | 181 | #1,277 |
| 2020 | 189 | #1,211 |
| 2019 | 184 | #1,259 |
| 2018 | 167 | #1,346 |
| 2017 | 184 | #1,282 |
| 2016 | 190 | #1,275 |
| 2015 | 201 | #1,227 |
| 2014 | 211 | #1,164 |
| 2013 | 208 | #1,152 |
| 2012 | 249 | #1,014 |
| 2011 | 215 | #1,138 |
| 2010 | 251 | #1,000 |
| 2009 | 254 | #1,025 |
| 2008 | 267 | #995 |
| 2007 | 313 | #888 |
| 2006 | 265 | #981 |
| 2005 | 251 | #976 |
| 2004 | 244 | #974 |
| 2003 | 203 | #1,083 |
| 2002 | 235 | #950 |
| 2001 | 178 | #1,166 |
| 2000 | 193 | #1,071 |
| 1999 | 160 | #1,197 |
| 1998 | 164 | #1,148 |
| 1997 | 169 | #1,109 |
| 1996 | 277 | #764 |
| 1995 | 127 | #1,303 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,629 |
| 1993 | 109 | #1,458 |
| 1992 | 114 | #1,419 |
| 1991 | 97 | #1,569 |
| 1990 | 72 | #1,919 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,596 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,635 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,990 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,750 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,535 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,565 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,734 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,731 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,893 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,576 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,775 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,807 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,647 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,398 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,755 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,093 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
Names like Dania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima Amira Khadija Aisha Aria Mia Talia Aaliyah Safa Sienna Sophia Zara
Other spellings of Dania
Names related to Dania
Diana Dana Dan Dani Diyana Daiana Danni Danya Danna Danae Dianna Daniyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Amir Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana Zainab Dua
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, “Dania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dania, updated 20 October 2026.