Danae is an uncommon variant of Dana that peaked in 2001 and has grown less common since.
Danae is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,417 for girl births in the United States (and #4,323 across all names), given to 74 babies. Danae was first reported in SSA data in 1947 and peaked in 2001 (212 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | #2,417 | — |
| 2024 | 170 | 176 | #1,344 | — |
| 2023 | 116 | 116 | #1,763 | — |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | #1,887 | — |
| 2021 | 122 | 122 | #1,699 | — |
| 2020 | 103 | 103 | #1,873 | — |
| 2019 | 112 | 112 | #1,820 | — |
| 2018 | 87 | 87 | #2,165 | — |
| 2017 | 85 | 85 | #2,228 | — |
| 2016 | 58 | 58 | #2,912 | — |
| 2015 | 86 | 86 | #2,198 | — |
| 2014 | 102 | 102 | #1,960 | — |
| 2013 | 106 | 106 | #1,890 | — |
| 2012 | 98 | 98 | #1,986 | — |
| 2011 | 121 | 121 | #1,715 | — |
| 2010 | 132 | 132 | #1,630 | — |
| 2009 | 148 | 148 | #1,531 | — |
| 2008 | 163 | 163 | #1,447 | — |
| 2007 | 160 | 160 | #1,461 | — |
| 2006 | 182 | 182 | #1,293 | — |
| 2005 | 181 | 181 | #1,253 | — |
| 2004 | 200 | 200 | #1,142 | — |
| 2003 | 196 | 196 | #1,124 | — |
| 2002 | 202 | 202 | #1,057 | — |
| 2001 | 212 | 212 | #1,011 | — |
| 2000 | 171 | 171 | #1,171 | — |
| 1999 | 153 | 153 | #1,233 | — |
| 1998 | 144 | 144 | #1,261 | — |
| 1997 | 157 | — | #1,169 | — |
| 1996 | 155 | — | #1,173 | — |
| 1995 | 163 | — | #1,091 | — |
| 1994 | 172 | — | #1,055 | — |
| 1993 | 151 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1992 | 202 | — | #954 | — |
| 1991 | 211 | — | #913 | — |
| 1990 | 197 | — | #976 | #7,365 |
| 1989 | 164 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1988 | 162 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1987 | 157 | — | #1,000 | — |
| 1986 | 153 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1985 | 124 | — | #1,149 | — |
| 1984 | 119 | — | #1,145 | — |
| 1983 | 107 | — | #1,202 | — |
| 1982 | 122 | — | #1,154 | — |
| 1981 | 108 | — | #1,210 | — |
| 1980 | 77 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1979 | 78 | — | #1,504 | — |
| 1978 | 97 | — | #1,266 | — |
| 1977 | 64 | — | #1,640 | — |
| 1976 | 44 | — | #2,002 | — |
| 1975 | 55 | — | #1,714 | — |
| 1974 | 36 | — | #2,222 | — |
| 1973 | 44 | — | #1,890 | — |
| 1972 | 47 | — | #1,808 | — |
| 1971 | 46 | — | #1,883 | — |
| 1970 | 39 | — | #2,087 | — |
| 1969 | 50 | — | #1,713 | — |
| 1968 | 45 | — | #1,753 | — |
| 1967 | 29 | — | #2,225 | — |
| 1966 | 34 | — | #1,989 | — |
| 1965 | 25 | — | #2,418 | — |
| 1964 | 22 | — | #2,691 | — |
| 1963 | 16 | — | #3,201 | — |
| 1962 | 14 | — | #3,459 | — |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #2,860 | — |
| 1960 | 15 | — | #3,239 | — |
| 1959 | 21 | — | #2,528 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,275 | — |
| 1957 | 23 | — | #2,361 | — |
| 1956 | 19 | — | #2,642 | — |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #2,855 | — |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #3,769 | — |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,749 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #5,722 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #4,954 | — |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #4,398 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,397 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #4,783 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,460 | — |