Daniyah
Girl · DAH-nee-yuh · Arabic
Daniyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “near, close”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Daniyah mean?
Arabic: from Arabic daniya
“near, close”
The word appears in the Qur'an for the fruit of paradise, hanging near enough to reach.
- Say it
- DAH-nee-yuh
Is Daniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Daniyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daniyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Daniyah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Daniyah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Daniyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Daniyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Daniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Daniyah, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 125 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Daniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2012 | 86 | #2,189 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2010 | 125 | #1,688 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,977 |
| 2007 | 94 | #2,134 |
| 2006 | 84 | #2,267 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Daniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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