DANA is ranked as the 197th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 335,227.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 105.13 people named DANA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named DANA is 223,603.
The SSA data also shows that DANA is used as a girl's name 79% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
DANA is
79.4% White,
4.0% Hispanic origin,
12.9% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name DANA have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name DANA is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Tatar feminine given name
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Unisex surname
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Slavic Serbian feminine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name DANA
The state with the most people named
DANA is
California where
30,416 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named DANA, as
186.86 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Maine is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New York
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
6 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name DANA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
13,830
107.37
99.7%
Indiana
8,770
132.94
99.5%
Iowa
2,905
93.49
99.0%
Kansas
5,007
172.42
99.2%
Michigan
7,906
79.78
99.6%
Minnesota
4,811
88.16
99.4%
Missouri
3,503
117.01
99.1%
Nebraska
2,424
128.85
98.5%
North Dakota
1,070
144.63
96.8%
Ohio
13,749
118.59
99.6%
South Dakota
1,097
128.52
96.9%
Wisconsin
4,606
79.99
99.2%
West States
State stats for the first name DANA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,083
147.01
97.1%
Arizona
7,462
110.86
99.3%
California
30,416
78.39
99.8%
Colorado
8,144
152.06
99.5%
Hawaii
1,228
86.52
98.8%
Idaho
2,311
141.4
98.6%
Montana
1,451
141.78
97.9%
Nevada
3,100
109.19
99.0%
New Mexico
2,157
103.43
98.2%
Oregon
5,918
149.06
99.3%
Utah
3,553
120.72
98.9%
Washington
7,599
107.62
99.6%
Wyoming
895
153.25
97.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name DANA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have DANA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named DANA.
The most popular full name is DANA Smith.
1.03% of all the people named DANA
have this family name.
There are 27029 last
names associated with this first name.