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
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 265 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,109since 1938
Danelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Danelle has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,805 | 36 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,614 | 52 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,423 | 54 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,930 | 74 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,802 | 79 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,634 | 92 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,507 | 104 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,322 | 127 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,279 | 127 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,145 | 144 | — | |
| 1988 | #972 | 171 | — | |
| 1987 | #850 | 202 | — | |
| 1986 | #771 | 222 | — | |
| 1985 | #772 | 219 | — | |
| 1984 | #693 | 241 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #754 | 215 | — | |
| 1982 | #783 | 208 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #747 | 221 | — | |
| 1980 | #759 | 218 | — | |
| 1979 | #737 | 222 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #701 | 226 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #688 | 228 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #653 | 237 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #657 | 231 | — | |
| 1974 | #597 | 265 | — | |
| 1973 | #670 | 222 | — | |
| 1972 | #815 | 165 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #805 | 174 | — | |
| 1970 | #803 | 172 | — | |
| 1969 | #836 | 153 | — | |
| 1968 | #789 | 162 | — | |
| 1967 | #886 | 133 | — | |
| 1966 | #999 | 105 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,025 | 103 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,066 | 104 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,211 | 82 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,354 | 68 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,366 | 65 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,641 | 43 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#227 · 1 in 1,341
- Nebraska#272 · 1 in 1,559
- Arizona#329 · 1 in 1,608
- Minnesota#466 · 1 in 4,813
- Washington#495 · 1 in 3,838
Best ever in a state: #128 in Montana, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #227 | 13 | 1 in 1,341 |
| Nebraska | #272 | 6 | 1 in 1,559 |
| Arizona | #329 | 9 | 1 in 1,608 |
| Minnesota | #466 | 5 | 1 in 4,813 |
| Washington | #495 | 5 | 1 in 3,838 |
| Ohio | #499 | 15 | 1 in 4,963 |
| Michigan | #600 | 10 | 1 in 6,189 |
| Pennsylvania | #626 | 10 | 1 in 7,211 |
| California | #716 | 22 | 1 in 6,231 |
| Illinois | #912 | 7 | 1 in 10,657 |
| New York | #1,365 | 6 | 1 in 18,473 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1973 (#815 → #670)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1989 (#972 → #1,145)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1974 at #597 (265 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1966–1988
- 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%)
- 30.1% of all girls named Danelle (2,142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 16 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,186 |
| 1940s | 134 | #1,666 (1949) | #2,955 |
| 1950s | 321 | #1,383 (1955) | #1,910 |
| 1960s | 1,048 | #789 (1968) | #1,082 |
| 1970s | 2,142 | #597 (1974) | #713 |
| 1980s | 2,061 | #693 (1984) | #825 |
| 1990s | 877 | #1,279 (1990) | #1,897 |
| 2000s | 336 | #2,632 (2000) | #4,341 |
| 2010s | 130 | #5,935 (2011) | #9,168 |
| 2020s | 44 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 9,220 of them was named Danelle, which outranked 91.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 324,322 of them was named Danelle, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 765 names at #4,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.