Danette
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 501 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,392since 1930
Danette over time
Rank among girls' names. Danette has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 |
| 1986 | #1,691 | 69 |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 |
| 1983 | #1,496 | 76 |
| 1982 | #1,293 | 98 |
| 1981 | #1,227 | 106 |
| 1980 | #1,227 | 107 |
| 1979 | #959 | 151 |
| 1978 | #791 | 189 |
| 1977 | #769 | 196 |
| 1976 | #684 | 216 |
| 1975 | #645 | 237 |
| 1974 | #671 | 224 |
| 1973 | #606 | 255 |
| 1972 | #561 | 295 |
| 1971 | #501 | 379 |
| 1970 | #493 | 407 |
| 1969 | #472 | 415 |
| 1968 | #508 | 366 |
| 1967 | #460 | 422 |
| 1966 | #416 | 501 |
| 1965 | #440 | 458 |
| 1964 | #463 | 438 |
| 1963 | #461 | 447 |
| 1962 | #460 | 446 |
| 1961 | #461 | 450 |
| 1960 | #461 | 451 |
| 1959 | #483 | 401 |
| 1958 | #503 | 364 |
| 1957 | #499 | 360 |
| 1956 | #617 | 240 |
| 1955 | #698 | 181 |
| 1954 | #787 | 142 |
| 1953 | #921 | 105 |
| 1952 | #1,059 | 79 |
| 1951 | #1,254 | 55 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#302 · 1 in 2,163
- Utah#343 · 1 in 2,058
- Maryland#345 · 1 in 2,210
- New Mexico#350 · 1 in 1,534
- Wisconsin#433 · 1 in 3,922
Best ever in a state: #129 in Hawaii, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #302 | 8 | 1 in 2,163 |
| Utah | #343 | 6 | 1 in 2,058 |
| Maryland | #345 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| New Mexico | #350 | 5 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Wisconsin | #433 | 7 | 1 in 3,922 |
| Indiana | #444 | 9 | 1 in 3,819 |
| Minnesota | #455 | 5 | 1 in 4,831 |
| Washington | #461 | 6 | 1 in 3,310 |
| Michigan | #519 | 12 | 1 in 4,643 |
| Florida | #531 | 11 | 1 in 3,758 |
| Missouri | #540 | 6 | 1 in 4,854 |
| Illinois | #555 | 16 | 1 in 4,355 |
| Ohio | #562 | 12 | 1 in 5,778 |
| California | #565 | 34 | 1 in 4,072 |
| Pennsylvania | #604 | 10 | 1 in 6,505 |
| Louisiana | #685 | 5 | 1 in 5,113 |
| New Jersey | #691 | 6 | 1 in 5,997 |
| New York | #845 | 13 | 1 in 7,831 |
| Texas | #969 | 10 | 1 in 9,572 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1966 at #416 (501 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1953–1979
- 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%)
- 42.3% of all girls named Danette (4,394) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 37 | #2,940 (1938) | #3,832 |
| 1940s | 183 | #1,669 (1948) | #2,331 |
| 1950s | 1,974 | #483 (1959) | #815 |
| 1960s | 4,394 | #416 (1966) | #460 |
| 1970s | 2,549 | #493 (1970) | #668 |
| 1980s | 745 | #1,227 (1980) | #1,709 |
| 1990s | 252 | #2,640 (1990) | #4,452 |
| 2000s | 120 | #6,487 (2000) | #9,132 |
| 2010s | 92 | #5,935 (2011) | #10,830 |
| 2020s | 46 | #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 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 6,151 of them was named Danette, which outranked 93.9% 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).