Danette

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1966 · 501 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,392
since 1930

Danette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Danette has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #416, 1966girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#10,2719
2023#8,98911
2022#8,54212
2021—
2020#10,2509
2019#10,4739
2018#13,7936
2017#10,6899
2016#11,7818
2015#8,93112
2014—
2013#13,1507
2012#13,4837
2011#5,93522
2010#9,23112
2009#9,37912
2008#12,5798
2007#10,12911
2006#10,61110
2005#7,89114
2004#9,89210
2003#7,20715
2002#7,04515
2001#10,1029
2000#6,48716
1999#5,03921
1998#6,07316
1997#5,86816
1996#4,88320
1995#5,22118
1994#4,23824
1993#3,87727
1992#3,14436
1991#3,54030
1990#2,64044
1989#2,71441
1988#2,21651
1987#1,64774
1986#1,69169
1985#1,74065
1984#1,83758
1983#1,49676
1982#1,29398
1981#1,227106
1980#1,227107
1979#959151
1978#791189
1977#769196
1976#684216
1975#645237
1974#671224
1973#606255
1972#561295
1971#501379
1970#493407
1969#472415
1968#508366
1967#460422
1966#416501
1965#440458
1964#463438
1963#461447
1962#460446
1961#461450
1960#461451
1959#483401
1958#503364
1957#499360
1956#617240
1955#698181
1954#787142
1953#921105
1952#1,05979
1951#1,25455
1950#1,33347
1949#1,91725
1948#1,66931
1947#1,72231
1946#2,48215
1945#2,45813
1944#2,02718
1943#3,2499
1942#2,53713
1941#1,75021
1940#3,5037
1939#4,2505
1938#2,9409
1937#3,8006
1936#3,7016
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First appearance
1930

The first year at least five girls were named Danette! It came in at #4,550, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1930–1932, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Danette is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedNHWashington: #443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,748 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedMNIllinois: #520 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,668 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedWIMichigan: #655 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,523 girlsMINew York: #728 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,367 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedIAIndiana: #552 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,138 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #732 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 16,146 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #469 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 5,124 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedHITexas: #1,006 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 16,003 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Danette, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#443 · 1 in 4,748
  2. California#469 · 1 in 5,124
  3. Illinois#520 · 1 in 7,668
  4. Indiana#552 · 1 in 8,138
  5. Michigan#655 · 1 in 12,523

Best ever in a state: #129 in Hawaii, 1965.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#44361 in 4,748
California#469281 in 5,124
Illinois#520131 in 7,668
Indiana#55261 in 8,138
Michigan#65571 in 12,523
New York#728121 in 13,367
Pennsylvania#73271 in 16,146
Texas#1,00671 in 16,003
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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 Danette
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,671 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #14,942)
  • 4,692 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #14,942)
  • 6,011 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 138 spots in 1953 (#1,059 → #921)
  • Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1980 (#959 → #1,227)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1930
  • Peaked 1966 at #416 (501 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1953–1979
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,378
  • Highest: 1 in 3,378 girls born in 1966 were named Danette (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 42.3% of all girls named Danette (4,394) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s37#2,940 (1938)#3,832
1940s183#1,669 (1948)#2,331
1950s1,974#483 (1959)#815
1960s4,394#416 (1966)#460
1970s2,549#493 (1970)#668
1980s745#1,227 (1980)#1,709
1990s252#2,640 (1990)#4,452
2000s120#6,487 (2000)#9,132
2010s92#5,935 (2011)#10,830
2020s46#8,542 (2022)#10,599

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.

Danette in 1954

girls
#787
142 births · 1 in 13,675 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #787Danette142
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 13,675 of them was named Danette, which outranked 88.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danette
  1. #782Lucretia143
  2. #782Meryl143
  3. #782Sydney143
  4. #787Danette142
  5. #787Erica142
  6. #789Carmela141
  7. #789Ester141
  8. #789Frieda141

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

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →