Dani

#746 for girls in 2025, 364 births · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to girls 90.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2022 · 432 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,339
since 1942

Dani over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #2,177, 1958girlsat peakboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#746364#4,13925
2024#680420#3,21637
2023#773364#3,29336
2022#674432#3,69130
2021#732389#4,62821
2020#803337#3,20235
2019#861311#4,00326
2018#939284#4,35423
2017#1,046246#4,74620
2016#1,068244#3,77628
2015#1,030259#3,51331
2014#1,040249#4,26323
2013#1,068232#3,49730
2012#1,071233#4,86219
2011#1,164210#4,35622
2010#1,317178#3,30833
2009#1,184212#3,33233
2008#1,065245#3,34433
2007#1,194212#3,37932
2006#1,398162#4,22322
2005#1,631123#4,46419
2004#1,614120#6,13812
2003#1,625118#3,73223
2002#1,642112#3,67023
2001#1,85195#4,89015
2000#1,79197#5,29713
1999#1,73293#3,59121
1998#1,67595#4,19716
1997#1,475111#5,64210
1996#1,446113#6,4968
1995#1,381119#6,4078
1994#1,389118#5,45210
1993#1,397116#4,44713
1992#1,64392#5,23610
1991#1,505103#5,09610
1990#1,58695#4,67311
1989#1,414105#6,2297
1988#1,269115#3,20316
1987#1,302106#3,95911
1986#1,49483#4,8538
1985#1,297103#5,1477
1984#1,65766#3,92510
1983#1,56571#3,23013
1982#1,80760#5,6196
1981#1,42386#4,1539
1980#1,40888#3,09814
1979#1,77061#4,8427
1978#1,35887#4,5547
1977#1,31588#5,1236
1976#1,44672#3,26411
1975#1,48169#5,4645
1974#1,52064#2,45916
1973#1,104102#3,6948
1972#1,19290#3,3449
1971#1,32281#4,3756
1970#1,52664—
1969#1,35571—
1968#1,11891—
1967#1,25573#3,9665
1966#1,31268#3,5376
1965#1,39063#2,7809
1964#1,37267#4,0395
1963#1,25077#3,3187
1962#1,42960#4,0335
1961#1,39864#2,40912
1960#1,50154#2,68510
1959#1,24474#2,29513
1958#961115#2,17714
1957#771168#2,37512
1956#846137#2,49711
1955#1,38352—
1954#2,07626—
1953#2,12224—
1952#2,20022—
1951#4,0118#2,8448
1950#2,65215—
1949#2,85013#3,2986
1948#3,8838—
1947#5,2955#3,7335
1946#3,4309—
1945#4,0256—
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Dani! It came in at #4,622, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1942–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Dani is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedMINew York: #1,617 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,361 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,103 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 11,537 girlsCAUtah: #390 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,469 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dani, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#390 · 1 in 2,469
  2. California#1,103 · 1 in 11,537
  3. New York#1,617 · 1 in 20,361

Best ever in a state: #170 in North Dakota, 1996.

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Utah#39051 in 2,469
California#1,103121 in 11,537
New York#1,61751 in 20,361
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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 Dani
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 66 spots since 2024 (#680 → #746)
  • 57 spots since 2020 (#803 → #746)
  • 284 spots since 2015 (#1,030 → #746)
  • Biggest jump: 537 spots in 1956 (#1,383 → #846)
  • Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1959 (#961 → #1,244)
Rise & fade · girls
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 2022 at #674 (432 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,797
  • Highest: 1 in 3,797 girls born in 2022 were named Dani (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,416 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 23.7% of all girls named Dani (2,446) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s46#2,850 (1949)#4,018
1950s641#771 (1957)#1,827
1960s688#1,118 (1968)#1,338
1970s778#1,104 (1973)#1,403
1980s883#1,269 (1988)#1,464
1990s1,055#1,381 (1995)#1,523
2000s1,496#1,065 (2008)#1,500
2010s2,446#861 (2019)#1,060
2020s2,306#674 (2022)#735

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.

Dani in 1975

girls
#1,481
69 births · 1 in 21,128 girls
boys
#5,464
5 births · 1 in 312,271 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #1,481Dani69

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #5,464Dani5
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 21,128 of them was named Dani, which outranked 86.1% 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).

Ranked beside Dani
  1. #1,459Stephen70
  2. #1,459Tamie70
  3. #1,459Timeka70
  4. #1,481Dani69
  5. #1,481Bobbiejo69
  6. #1,481Dalila69
  7. #1,481Denita69
  8. #1,498Andre68
  9. #1,498Augusta68
  10. #1,498Cherrie68

Tied with 16 names at #1,481; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 312,271 of them was named Dani, which outranked 13.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dani
  1. #4,797Zerick6
  2. #4,797Ziad6
  3. #4,797Zuri6
  4. #5,464Dani5
  5. #5,464Aaran5
  6. #5,464Aasim5
  7. #5,464Abbas5

Tied with 873 names at #5,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 722Benjiman#1,692 → #970
  2. ↑ 702Marques#1,520 → #818
  3. ↑ 645Glendon#1,409 → #764
  4. ↑ 502Benji#1,124 → #622
  5. ↑ 471Regan#1,409 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 905Toma#882 → #1,787
  2. ↓ 830Vashon#923 → #1,753
  3. ↓ 352Bruno#993 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 327Hollis#953 → #1,280
  5. ↓ 303Domenico#977 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →