Danelle

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #7,967 · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1974 · 265 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,109
since 1938

Danelle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Danelle has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #597, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2024#7,96713—
2023#15,1945—
2022#15,3065—
2021#9,56210—
2020#8,95311—
2019#15,5395—
2018#11,4278—
2017#8,77612—
2016#7,23016—
2015#10,8669—
2014#7,63615—
2013#7,37216—
2012#8,63213—
2011#5,93522—
2010#8,27114—
2009#5,89123—
2008#5,43426—
2007#4,47533—
2006#5,23326—
2005#4,58129—
2004#4,28732—
2003#3,80536—
2002#3,52338—
2001#3,54937—
2000#2,63256—
1999#3,14841—
1998#2,61452—
1997#2,42354—
1996#1,93074—
1995#1,80279—
1994#1,63492—
1993#1,507104—
1992#1,322127—
1991#1,306127—
1990#1,279127—
1989#1,145144—
1988#972171—
1987#850202—
1986#771222—
1985#772219—
1984#693241#6,3155
1983#754215—
1982#783208#4,5938
1981#747221—
1980#759218—
1979#737222#4,8427
1978#701226#3,61410
1977#688228#5,1236
1976#653237#5,5875
1975#657231—
1974#597265—
1973#670222—
1972#815165#4,9865
1971#805174—
1970#803172—
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1968#789162—
1967#886133—
1966#999105—
1965#1,025103—
1964#1,066104—
1963#1,21182—
1962#1,29273—
1961#1,35468—
1960#1,36665—
1959#2,15228—
1958#1,82036—
1957#1,64143—
1956#1,83534—
1955#1,38352—
1954#1,98728—
1953#1,87229—
1952#1,74632—
1951#2,01624—
1950#2,65215—
1949#1,66632—
1948#2,58915—
1947#2,53016—
1946#1,97022—
1945#2,74211—
1944#4,5745—
1943#3,8017—
1942#2,98610—
1941#3,9546—
1940#2,73710—
1939#2,9229—
1938#3,4507—
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First appearance
1938

The first year at least five girls were named Danelle! It came in at #3,450, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Danelle is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNHWashington: #367 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,351 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #370 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,514 girlsMNIllinois: #878 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,953 girlsILWisconsin: #508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,513 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMINew York: #1,454 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 27,248 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedRIOregon: #383 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,621 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedSDIowa: #370 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,350 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedINOhio: #754 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,801 girlsOHPennsylvania: #545 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,478 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #768 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 8,095 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedUTColorado: #436 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,111 girlsCONebraska: #242 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedDEArizona: #443 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,585 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNMKansas: #273 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,381 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #610 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,050 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedHITexas: #1,303 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,786 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#242 · 1 in 1,419
  2. Kansas#273 · 1 in 1,381
  3. Washington#367 · 1 in 2,351
  4. Iowa#370 · 1 in 3,350
  5. Minnesota#370 · 1 in 3,514

Best ever in a state: #128 in Montana, 1988.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#24271 in 1,419
Kansas#273101 in 1,381
Washington#367101 in 2,351
Iowa#37061 in 3,350
Minnesota#37081 in 3,514
Oregon#38351 in 2,621
Colorado#43651 in 3,111
Arizona#44351 in 2,585
Wisconsin#50851 in 6,513
Pennsylvania#545131 in 6,478
Louisiana#61061 in 5,050
Ohio#75471 in 11,801
California#768191 in 8,095
Illinois#87871 in 11,953
Texas#1,30351 in 18,786
New York#1,45451 in 27,248
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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 Danelle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1973 (#815 → #670)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1989 (#972 → #1,145)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1938
  • Peaked 1974 at #597 (265 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1966–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,538
  • Highest: 1 in 5,538 girls born in 1974 were named Danelle (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 124,630 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 30.1% of all girls named Danelle (2,142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s16#2,922 (1939)#3,186
1940s134#1,666 (1949)#2,955
1950s321#1,383 (1955)#1,910
1960s1,048#789 (1968)#1,082
1970s2,142#597 (1974)#713
1980s2,061#693 (1984)#825
1990s877#1,279 (1990)#1,897
2000s336#2,632 (2000)#4,341
2010s130#5,935 (2011)#9,168
2020s44#7,967 (2024)#11,396

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.

Danelle in 1968

girls
#789
162 births · 1 in 10,126 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #789Danelle162
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 10,126 of them was named Danelle, which outranked 90.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danelle
  1. #783Milissa163
  2. #783Richard163
  3. #783Viola163
  4. #789Danelle162
  5. #789Roxanna162
  6. #791Dorothea160
  7. #791Gale160
  8. #791Shannan160

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →