Given name & surname
Danna
“God is my judge”
Danna is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danna is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From French D'Anna (“of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">Anna</i>”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25,240
- 134 boys · 25,106 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 1,231 babies
- 2025
- 787
- #394 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +51%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 787 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 394 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 51.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,226 in 2010. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (122). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,337 as a first name in 2020; 3,617 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Danna’s family of names
Danna has a related form in Danielle. Danna has a related form in Dana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Danna
- Danna PaolaMexican singer, actress, composer and modelborn 1995
- Danna GarcíaColombian actressborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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