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Baby name
Danae
Girl
Origin of the name
Danae comes from the Greek Danaē. In Greek myth, Danae is the mother of the hero Perseus.
Classic name
7,443births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 1010rank at its peak, in 2001
Where babies named Danae are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Danae is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Danae is most common in California (2 times), Texas (1.5) and Pennsylvania (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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