Dania
Dania is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Arabic.
- Italian
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Dania
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dania is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Arabic
The Story of Dania
American parents first put Dania on the record books as a baby girl name in 1943, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 313 Danias were born — ranking #887 that year. About 26% of every Dania on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Dania ranks #954 for baby girls with 272 births, rising sharply (+44% over the past five years). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Dania
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dania. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dania
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About the name Dania
Dania is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1943 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Dania's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #764. Use the chart and map above to compare Dania'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.