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Girl's nameOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: falling fast

DanaIn Hebrew: דנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: דָּנָה

Dana (Hebrew: דנה) is a girl's name of mixed origin. 17,205 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 28 girls and ranked #404. Its peak year was 1983, with 610 babies.

People in Israel
17,205
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
28
rank #404
Peak year
1983
610 babies
USA, 2025
244
rank #1,027

Writing and saying Dana

In Hebrew letters the name is דנה, read right to left. Dana is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Dana by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Dana: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Dana in English-speaking countries

Dana in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025244#1,0271971 (6,934)
United Kingdom202539#9451997 (225)
England and Wales202539#8941997 (201)
Ireland20254#6921996 (9)
British Columbia20235#5901974 (60)
Alberta20255#8131982 (59)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Dana has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Dana

How do you write Dana in Hebrew?

Dana is written דנה in Hebrew (with vowel points: דָּנָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Dana?

17,205 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דנה: 17,205 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Dana a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named דנה are women.

Is Dana used outside Israel?

The name Dana appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 244 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,027), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 39 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.