Danna
- Pronunciation
- [Da-nna]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Danna
Danna is a modern American spelling variant of Dana (see separate entry on Dana for the Hebrew/Old English etymology — possibly from the Hebrew Daniel meaning "God is my judge" or from the Old English denu meaning "valley"). The double-N Danna spelling is essentially a 20th-21st century American/Spanish-American invention.
The two spellings (Danna and Dana) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying name family. The Danna spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive Spanish-American form. The name's American naming surge has been driven primarily by Spanish-American naming.
Notable bearers include Mexican-American singer Danna Paola (Danna Paola Rivera Munguía, born 1995, the Mexican singer-actress whose career through Mexican telenovelas and the Spanish series Élite 2018–present made her one of the foundational early-21st-century Spanish-language pop figures); contemporary American actress Danna García; and the contemporary fictional Danna of various Spanish-language telenovelas. Danna's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2005 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the multi-cultural etymological flexibility (Hebrew/Old English/Spanish), the popular two-syllable -na ending, and the modern visual presence with the distinctive double-N spelling. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to Spanish-language naming. The name reads as both classical-multi-cultural and contemporary American. Common nicknames are scarce since the name is already short — Dan (gender-neutral), Dani, and the rare Da each occasionally appear; the alternate spellings Dana (the historical spelling), Danna, and Dannah have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Dana (essentially identical across English/Hebrew/Czech/Romanian) and the broader Daniel/Dana family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Danna
US Popularity History (2002–2025)
Annual US births named Danna by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2010 with 1,226 girls named Danna (girl rank #267 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #394 for girls (787 US births). That's 127 places below its 2010 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Danna Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Danna the strongest states are Texas, New Jersey, California.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #212 | 1,390 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #258 | 312 |
| 3 | California | #305 | 1,088 |
| 4 | Maryland | #326 | 177 |
| 5 | New York | #352 | 523 |
| 6 | Connecticut | #360 | 66 |
| 7 | Arizona | #361 | 179 |
| 8 | Florida | #382 | 461 |
| 9 | Nevada | #408 | 45 |
| 10 | Colorado | #436 | 121 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | #1,013 | 38 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #749 | 78 |
| 3 | Missouri | #743 | 31 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | #718 | 27 |
| 5 | Washington | #701 | 91 |
| 6 | Minnesota | #693 | 51 |
| 7 | Indiana | #669 | 77 |
| 8 | Alabama | #624 | 64 |
| 9 | Kentucky | #621 | 20 |
| 10 | Illinois | #603 | 164 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Danna in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana | From Denmark | Female | Celtic |
| Danelle | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Danette | God Is My Judge | Female | Hebrew |
| Dani | Feminine Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | Spanish |
| Dania | From Denmark. Also A Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Danice | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Danise | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Danita | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Danitza | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dannah | A Biblical Place Name: Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dannalee | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dannee | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dannell | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dannelle | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Danni | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dannia | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dannon | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dantina | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Dany | Feminine Variant Of Daniel God Will Judge. | Female | English |
| Danya | God Is My Judge | Female | Hebrew |
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Compare Danna to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Danna against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).