Given name
Danya
“God is my judge”
Danya is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danya is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,678
- 29 boys · 3,649 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 126 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,283 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,283 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 126 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,310 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Danya’s family of names
Danya has a related form in Danielle. Danya has a related form in Dana. In French usage, Danya has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Даня.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 Danya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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