Danell
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #14,582 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to girls 74.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 46 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,266since 1941
Danell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,320 | 17 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #1,857 | 54 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,174 | 39 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #1,801 | 49 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,980 | 40 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #1,728 | 46 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Danell! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Danell is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,314 · 1 in 15,383
Best ever in a state: #826 in Ohio, 1967.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,314 | 9 | 1 in 15,383 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Danell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1968 at #1,728 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,392 girls born in 1977 were named Danell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 292,458 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,728 in 1968, was only 1 in 35,661 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.2% of all girls named Danell (408) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 31 | #3,430 (1946) | #4,369 |
| 1950s | 136 | #2,108 (1959) | #3,515 |
| 1960s | 347 | #1,728 (1968) | #2,030 |
| 1970s | 408 | #1,801 (1974) | #2,128 |
| 1980s | 192 | #2,853 (1983) | #4,556 |
| 1990s | 102 | #5,399 (1991) | #8,802 |
| 2000s | 44 | #9,874 (2000) | #12,118 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,582 (2013) | #14,582 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Danell in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 40,496 of them was named Danell, which outranked 78.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,232Tarina37
- #2,232Taylor37
- #2,232Zaneta37
- #2,278Danell36
- #2,278Cammy36
- #2,278Deneen36
- #2,278Donnetta36
- #2,321Beckie35
- #2,321Brandice35
- #2,321Camie35
Tied with 42 names at #2,278; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 86,742 of them was named Danell, which outranked 62.7% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,288Walt19
- #2,288Wiliam19
- #2,288Willaim19
- #2,361Danell18
- #2,361Akili18
- #2,361Akim18
- #2,361Alon18
- #2,450Alexandros17
- #2,450Alvie17
- #2,450Americo17
Tied with 88 names at #2,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.