Dannae
Girl · duh-NAY · Greek
Dannae is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Dannae mean?
Greek: spelling of Danae; from Greek mythology
In Greek myth Danae was the mother of the hero Perseus, visited by Zeus as a shower of gold.
- Say it
- duh-NAY
Meaning borrowed from Danae. More on Wiktionary.
Is Dannae a girl's or a boy's name?
Dannae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dannae in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 350% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Dannae, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Dannae in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were given Dannae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,627, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Dannae in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Dannae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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