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
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 17,010 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 34 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 371,803since 1937
Danielle over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #549 | 550 | — | |
| 2024 | #524 | 588 | — | |
| 2023 | #494 | 621 | — | |
| 2022 | #474 | 672 | — | |
| 2021 | #438 | 709 | — | |
| 2020 | #448 | 692 | — | |
| 2019 | #432 | 739 | — | |
| 2018 | #380 | 818 | — | |
| 2017 | #351 | 917 | — | |
| 2016 | #329 | 999 | — | |
| 2015 | #295 | 1,092 | — | |
| 2014 | #263 | 1,246 | — | |
| 2013 | #259 | 1,239 | — | |
| 2012 | #232 | 1,378 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #207 | 1,500 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #195 | 1,607 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #167 | 1,935 | — | |
| 2008 | #141 | 2,398 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #122 | 2,779 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #116 | 2,900 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #102 | 3,133 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #91 | 3,530 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #82 | 3,865 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #71 | 4,205 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #63 | 4,791 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #48 | 6,092 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #43 | 6,753 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #41 | 7,368 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #34 | 8,034 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #29 | 9,286 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #24 | 10,653 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #20 | 12,455 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #18 | 12,992 | #2,050 | 39 |
| 1992 | #18 | 14,098 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #17 | 13,619 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | #18 | 14,339 | #1,306 | 72 |
| 1989 | #17 | 15,366 | #940 | 117 |
| 1988 | #17 | 16,253 | #1,223 | 69 |
| 1987 | #14 | 17,010 | #1,101 | 76 |
| 1986 | #16 | 14,942 | #1,003 | 85 |
| 1985 | #18 | 15,417 | #884 | 105 |
| 1984 | #16 | 15,670 | #960 | 85 |
| 1983 | #29 | 10,634 | #1,075 | 68 |
| 1982 | #31 | 10,204 | #1,039 | 76 |
| 1981 | #30 | 10,038 | #1,062 | 74 |
| 1980 | #33 | 8,845 | #1,004 | 81 |
| 1979 | #33 | 7,981 | #1,044 | 71 |
| 1978 | #31 | 7,983 | #1,229 | 53 |
| 1977 | #31 | 7,616 | #1,121 | 60 |
| 1976 | #33 | 7,364 | #1,123 | 57 |
| 1975 | #42 | 6,412 | #1,258 | 46 |
| 1974 | #40 | 6,629 | #1,091 | 57 |
| 1973 | #49 | 5,648 | #1,123 | 53 |
| 1972 | #73 | 4,201 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #99 | 3,716 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #114 | 3,368 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #111 | 3,172 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #133 | 2,406 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #197 | 1,617 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #227 | 1,316 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #235 | 1,306 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #276 | 1,053 | — | |
| 1963 | #363 | 689 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #378 | 616 | — | |
| 1961 | #373 | 666 | — | |
| 1960 | #553 | 312 | — | |
| 1959 | #692 | 209 | — | |
| 1958 | #801 | 157 | — | |
| 1957 | #723 | 191 | — | |
| 1956 | #641 | 221 | — | |
| 1955 | #684 | 187 | — | |
| 1954 | #718 | 166 | — | |
| 1953 | #666 | 181 | — | |
| 1952 | #660 | 181 | — | |
| 1951 | #810 | 122 | — | |
| 1950 | #909 | 96 | — | |
| 1949 | #813 | 115 | — | |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 | — | |
| 1947 | #747 | 131 | — | |
| 1946 | #681 | 136 | — | |
| 1945 | #773 | 93 | — | |
| 1944 | #945 | 67 | — | |
| 1943 | #965 | 67 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,037 | 57 | — | |
| 1941 | #911 | 65 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,186 | 38 | — | |
| 1939 | #811 | 72 | — | |
| 1938 | #731 | 88 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#23 · 1 in 128
- New York#26 · 1 in 156
- New Hampshire#43 · 1 in 171
- Hawaii#43 · 1 in 202
- Connecticut#44 · 1 in 195
Best ever in a state: #4 in District of Columbia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #23 | 318 | 1 in 128 |
| New York | #26 | 709 | 1 in 156 |
| Hawaii | #43 | 22 | 1 in 202 |
| New Hampshire | #43 | 26 | 1 in 171 |
| Connecticut | #44 | 81 | 1 in 195 |
| Pennsylvania | #45 | 347 | 1 in 208 |
| Delaware | #46 | 17 | 1 in 180 |
| Maine | #47 | 34 | 1 in 192 |
| California | #48 | 539 | 1 in 254 |
| Alaska | #51 | 12 | 1 in 175 |
| Massachusetts | #52 | 176 | 1 in 194 |
| Washington | #53 | 77 | 1 in 249 |
| Maryland | #61 | 81 | 1 in 254 |
| Nevada | #61 | 12 | 1 in 228 |
| Arizona | #63 | 49 | 1 in 295 |
| Michigan | #64 | 209 | 1 in 296 |
| Montana | #68 | 15 | 1 in 259 |
| Ohio | #68 | 237 | 1 in 314 |
| Rhode Island | #68 | 22 | 1 in 236 |
| Idaho | #71 | 19 | 1 in 249 |
| Oregon | #73 | 45 | 1 in 281 |
| District of Columbia | #74 | 28 | 1 in 264 |
| South Dakota | #76 | 14 | 1 in 273 |
| Louisiana | #77 | 79 | 1 in 336 |
| North Dakota | #77 | 15 | 1 in 264 |
| Nebraska | #84 | 29 | 1 in 322 |
| Illinois | #85 | 192 | 1 in 389 |
| Iowa | #88 | 48 | 1 in 363 |
| Wisconsin | #99 | 67 | 1 in 410 |
| Minnesota | #101 | 58 | 1 in 415 |
| Kansas | #105 | 29 | 1 in 425 |
| Utah | #109 | 25 | 1 in 421 |
| New Mexico | #117 | 17 | 1 in 449 |
| Indiana | #119 | 74 | 1 in 501 |
| Vermont | #121 | 6 | 1 in 415 |
| Colorado | #125 | 30 | 1 in 525 |
| Florida | #125 | 76 | 1 in 585 |
| Missouri | #134 | 54 | 1 in 579 |
| Virginia | #136 | 45 | 1 in 658 |
| Oklahoma | #175 | 22 | 1 in 741 |
| Kentucky | #194 | 25 | 1 in 950 |
| West Virginia | #198 | 12 | 1 in 1,016 |
| Alabama | #206 | 23 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Georgia | #222 | 33 | 1 in 1,090 |
| North Carolina | #223 | 31 | 1 in 1,184 |
| South Carolina | #242 | 15 | 1 in 1,280 |
| Texas | #271 | 71 | 1 in 1,357 |
| Arkansas | #276 | 9 | 1 in 1,454 |
| Mississippi | #277 | 12 | 1 in 1,444 |
| Tennessee | #356 | 11 | 1 in 2,573 |
| 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 Danielle
- 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)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1987 at #14 (17,010 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1971–2004
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1943–2025
- Highest: 1 in 102 girls born in 1987 were named Danielle (0.98%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,922 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 36.1% of all girls named Danielle (134,379) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 169 | #731 (1938) | #1,494 |
| 1940s | 881 | #681 (1946) | #888 |
| 1950s | 1,711 | #641 (1956) | #730 |
| 1960s | 13,153 | #111 (1969) | #285 |
| 1970s | 60,918 | #31 (1978) | #55 |
| 1980s | 134,379 | #14 (1987) | #22 |
| 1990s | 109,597 | #17 (1991) | #26 |
| 2000s | 35,628 | #48 (2000) | #100 |
| 2010s | 11,535 | #195 (2010) | #294 |
| 2020s | 3,832 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 362 of them was named Danielle, which outranked 99.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 47,694 of them was named Danielle, which outranked 74.7% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,441Wally35
- #1,441Warner35
- #1,441Wilmer35
- #1,453Danielle34
- #1,453Abe34
- #1,453Art34
- #1,453Brodie34
- #1,473Alphonse33
- #1,473Ambrose33
- #1,473Chistopher33
Tied with 19 names at #1,453; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.