UK boy's name
Danas
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Danas is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Danas popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5119, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2018, with 8 births.
This profile covers 78 England and Wales registrations across 16 recorded years from 2006 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 38% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 81 living people in the UK are called Danas. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Danas ranked #5119 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2018, when 8 boys were registered as Danas.
- • Danas ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #403 in 2012.
- • About 81 living people in the UK are estimated to have Danas as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5119
2024
Births in 2024
3
Latest year
Peak year
2018
8 births
Estimated living
81
2026
Popularity
Danas over time
The chart below shows babies named Danas registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2006 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Danas, the clearest high point is 2018. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2024, compared with 8 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Danas by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Danas was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3397 | 23 | 4 |
| 2010s | #3511 | 42 | 8 |
| 2000s | #4140 | 13 | 4 |
Geography
Where Danas is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Danas. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Danas ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #403 in 2012.
Across the UK
Danas in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#403 in 2012
1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Danas
- Daniel 120,900
- Dylan 60,836
- David 37,852
- Dominic 20,480
- Declan 11,657
- Dexter 11,627
- Danny 8,434
- Dean 5,329
- Dillon 4,113
- Douglas 3,773
- Dominik 3,494
- Damian 3,486
FAQ
Danas: questions and answers
How popular is the name Danas in the UK right now?
In 2024, Danas was ranked #5119 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Danas most popular?
The peak year on record was 2018, with 8 babies registered as Danas in England and Wales.
How many people are called Danas in the UK?
A total of 78 babies have been registered as Danas across the 16 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 3 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Danas most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Danas ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #403 in 2012. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.