Girl
Danae
As a girl's name, Danae traces back to Greek, where it is understood to mean "Greek mythological name". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. It has shown up in U.S. birth records across 8 of the last twelve decades.
GreekGreek mythological name
EtymologyMother of Perseus, of uncertain meaning
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
16
1950s
122
1960s
269
1970s
548
1980s
1,293
1990s
1,705
2000s
1,814
2010s
787
Peaked in the 2000s · 6,554 total U.S. births since 1900