Danea
Feminine
Danea sits between Dana and Danae, the Greek princess of the shower of gold, and borrows its letters from both. The record ties it to neither and gives it no history of its own.
How old is the name Danea?
Danea first appears in US birth records in 1963 — 62 years ago. The typical Danea alive today was born around 1993, making them about 32 years old. About 500 people named Danea are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Danea most popular?
Danea peaked in 1997, reaching #4819 nationally. See the whole 1997 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Danea
Our Danea keeps company with two older names. On one side stands Dana, short and plain; on the other stands Danae, the princess of Argos whom Zeus visited as a shower of gold, the mother of Perseus. Danea shares the opening of both and ends in its own ea. It is a name assembled from familiar sounds, and the history it will have is still unwritten.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for Danea. Dana is an English given name with more than one proposed source, and Danae is a figure of Greek myth; Danea resembles both and inherits nothing from either.
Pronouncing Danea
No single saying is settled: duh-NAY-uh, following Danae, DAN-ee-uh and DAY-nee-uh are all possible from the letters.
Nicknames for Danea
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1963
- Most girls named
- 199721 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4819reached in 1997
- Change vs 2016
- +60.0%8 in 2018, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daneas among us
people named Danea are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Danea sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and soft, three light syllables.
- Close to Dana and Danae, so it is remembered easily.
- Rare in its own right.
- It has no settled pronunciation, so expect several versions until the family's saying is known.
- Expect Dana, Danae and Denea on forms.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daneas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Danea are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Danea in 2025?
- Danea is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Danea with classmates?
- Danea will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More D names
The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
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