Danah
Danah is a feminine given name, and may refer to:Danah Al-Nasrallah, Kuwaiti sprinter danah boyd, American social media scholar Danah Hussain, Iraqi sprinter Danah Zohar, American philosopher
Meaning & Origin of Danah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Danah is a feminine given name, and may refer to:Danah Al-Nasrallah, Kuwaiti sprinter danah boyd, American social media scholar Danah Hussain, Iraqi sprinter Danah Zohar, American philosopher
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The Story of Danah
Danah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1956, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 32 Danahs were born — ranking #4,485 that year. As of 2026, Danah ranks #8,381 for baby girls with 11 births, falling sharply (-20%). In total, more than 1K Danahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Danah
Danah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Danah's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #2,866. Use the chart and map above to compare Danah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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