Danielle

#549 for girls in 2025, 550 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #8,864
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 17,010 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
34 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
371,803
since 1937

Danielle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #14, 1987girls
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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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2016#329999—
2015#2951,092—
2014#2631,246—
2013#2591,239—
2012#2321,378#8,8648
2011#2071,500#10,8086
2010#1951,607#9,6937
2009#1671,935—
2008#1412,398#9,0198
2007#1222,779#8,9158
2006#1162,900#6,90411
2005#1023,133#8,2998
2004#913,530#3,07432
2003#823,865#5,27114
2002#714,205#4,91915
2001#634,791#6,44510
2000#486,092#4,06619
1999#436,753#3,37623
1998#417,368#2,71130
1997#348,034#2,98125
1996#299,286#3,02124
1995#2410,653#2,40032
1994#2012,455#2,12338
1993#1812,992#2,05039
1992#1814,098#1,91442
1991#1713,619#1,82343
1990#1814,339#1,30672
1989#1715,366#940117
1988#1716,253#1,22369
1987#1417,010#1,10176
1986#1614,942#1,00385
1985#1815,417#884105
1984#1615,670#96085
1983#2910,634#1,07568
1982#3110,204#1,03976
1981#3010,038#1,06274
1980#338,845#1,00481
1979#337,981#1,04471
1978#317,983#1,22953
1977#317,616#1,12160
1976#337,364#1,12357
1975#426,412#1,25846
1974#406,629#1,09157
1973#495,648#1,12353
1972#734,201#1,45334
1971#993,716#1,59730
1970#1143,368#1,61528
1969#1113,172#2,21715
1968#1332,406#2,31113
1967#1971,617#3,2317
1966#2271,316#3,5376
1965#2351,306#2,61710
1964#2761,053—
1963#363689#4,0485
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1937#2,9409—
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First appearance
1937

The first year at least five girls were named Danielle! It came in at #2,940, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Danielle is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedMNIllinois: #569 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,398 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedWIMichigan: #632 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,187 girlsMINew York: #503 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 6,284 girlsNYMassachusetts: #442 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,566 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedIAIndiana: #539 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,038 girlsINOhio: #653 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,750 girlsOHPennsylvania: #482 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 7,048 girlsPANew Jersey: #491 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,661 girlsNJConnecticut: #370 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,601 girlsCTCalifornia: #483 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 5,040 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #571 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,262 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Danielle, so not publishedHITexas: #1,205 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,381 girlsTXFlorida: #550 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,602 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#370 · 1 in 4,601
  2. Massachusetts#442 · 1 in 8,566
  3. Pennsylvania#482 · 1 in 7,048
  4. California#483 · 1 in 5,040
  5. New Jersey#491 · 1 in 7,661

Best ever in a state: #4 in District of Columbia, 1995.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#37051 in 4,601
Massachusetts#44261 in 8,566
Pennsylvania#482161 in 7,048
California#483291 in 5,040
New Jersey#49171 in 7,661
New York#503261 in 6,284
Indiana#53961 in 8,038
Florida#55061 in 6,602
Illinois#569121 in 8,398
Louisiana#57161 in 6,262
Michigan#63281 in 11,187
Ohio#65381 in 12,750
Texas#1,20551 in 22,381
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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 Danielle
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 25 spots since 2024 (#524 → #549)
  • 101 spots since 2020 (#448 → #549)
  • 254 spots since 2015 (#295 → #549)
  • Biggest jump: 2,209 spots in 1938 (#2,940 → #731)
  • Biggest drop: 375 spots in 1940 (#811 → #1,186)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1987 at #14 (17,010 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1971–2004
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1943–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 102
  • Highest: 1 in 102 girls born in 1987 were named Danielle (0.98%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,922 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 36.1% of all girls named Danielle (134,379) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s169#731 (1938)#1,494
1940s881#681 (1946)#888
1950s1,711#641 (1956)#730
1960s13,153#111 (1969)#285
1970s60,918#31 (1978)#55
1980s134,379#14 (1987)#22
1990s109,597#17 (1991)#26
2000s35,628#48 (2000)#100
2010s11,535#195 (2010)#294
2020s3,832#438 (2021)#488

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.

Danielle in 1955

girls
#684
187 births · 1 in 10,456 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #684Danielle187
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 10,456 of them was named Danielle, which outranked 89.8% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danielle
  1. #681Tammy190
  2. #682Sherryl189
  3. #683Lupe188
  4. #684Danielle187
  5. #684Dorthy187
  6. #684Mariann187
  7. #687Opal186
  8. #688Alisa185
  9. #688Estelle185

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

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →