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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#189 · 1 in 990
- Iowa#303 · 1 in 2,157
- Colorado#335 · 1 in 2,077
- Kansas#339 · 1 in 2,210
- Indiana#426 · 1 in 3,490
Best ever in a state: #128 in Montana, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #189 | 11 | 1 in 990 |
| Iowa | #303 | 9 | 1 in 2,157 |
| Colorado | #335 | 10 | 1 in 2,077 |
| Kansas | #339 | 7 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Indiana | #426 | 10 | 1 in 3,490 |
| Washington | #443 | 9 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Pennsylvania | #452 | 18 | 1 in 3,853 |
| Michigan | #463 | 14 | 1 in 4,190 |
| Arizona | #465 | 7 | 1 in 2,851 |
| Oregon | #476 | 5 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Missouri | #518 | 7 | 1 in 4,583 |
| North Carolina | #571 | 7 | 1 in 4,734 |
| New Jersey | #638 | 7 | 1 in 5,324 |
| Ohio | #766 | 8 | 1 in 9,032 |
| Illinois | #844 | 9 | 1 in 8,350 |
| California | #930 | 21 | 1 in 8,633 |
| New York | #1,167 | 8 | 1 in 12,667 |
| Texas | #1,770 | 5 | 1 in 24,747 |
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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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
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1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 7,548 of them was named Danelle, which outranked 93.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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- #747Danelle221
- #747Annmarie221
- #747Casie221
- #747Cora221
- #752Brandon220
- #752Lindy220
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Tied with 4 names at #747; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.