Dana
38
Babies in 2024
-31%
10-year change
1997
Peak · 201
+12%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Dana
Dana peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (201 babies in 1997) and has remained in active use — 38 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Dana reached its peak in 1997, when 201 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #210 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 38 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 1,786 girls have been officially registered with the name Dana in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 429 girls were registered with the name, starting from 55 in 2014 and ending at 38 in 2024.