Dana

girls:

193.1k births since 1882

#203 (96th percentile)

boys:

53.2k births since 1880

#477 (90th percentile)

overall:

246.3k births since 1880

#322 (96th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dana".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
193,076
Peak Births
6,934
Peak Year
1971
First Recorded
1882
Peak Percentile
94.4%
Current Percentile
27.0%
Peak Rank
#44
Current Rank
#692
Female statistics
Total Births
53,235
Peak Births
1,795
Peak Year
1962
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
74.1%
Current Percentile
1.6%
Peak Rank
#162
Current Rank
#896
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Dana

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dana. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 58.6% confident that Dana is pronounced as DAY-nuh. The next most likely pronunciation is DA-nuh, at 27.6% confidence.

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DA-nuh (2 syllables)
27.6% confidence
D AE1 N AH0
DUH-nuh (2 syllables)
5.2% confidence
D AH1 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Dana. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Dana, please vote using the thumbs up button.

DEE-a-nuh (3 syllables)
9 names 585.6k births
D IY1 AE0 N AH0
DEH-nuh (2 syllables)
6 names 58.4k births
D EH1 N AH0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D EY1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.