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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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2022#474672—
2021#438709—
2020#448692—
2019#432739—
2018#380818—
2017#351917—
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
1962#378616—
1961#373666—
1960#553312—
1959#692209—
1958#801157—
1957#723191—
1956#641221—
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1953#666181—
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1942#1,03757—
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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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #24 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 88 girlsAKMaine: #17 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 85 girlsMEVermont: #14 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 80 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #20 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 85 girlsNHWashington: #29 for girls · 215 births · 1 in 127 girlsWAIdaho: #34 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 142 girlsIDMontana: #34 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 127 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #35 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 132 girlsNDMinnesota: #41 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 174 girlsMNIllinois: #33 for girls · 483 births · 1 in 151 girlsILWisconsin: #33 for girls · 202 births · 1 in 151 girlsWIMichigan: #30 for girls · 456 births · 1 in 121 girlsMINew York: #10 for girls · 1,261 births · 1 in 82 girlsNYMassachusetts: #19 for girls · 353 births · 1 in 93 girlsMARhode Island: #14 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 69 girlsRIOregon: #40 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 170 girlsORNevada: #15 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 76 girlsNVWyoming: #37 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 132 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #29 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 123 girlsSDIowa: #40 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 180 girlsIAIndiana: #37 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 163 girlsINOhio: #32 for girls · 528 births · 1 in 130 girlsOHPennsylvania: #22 for girls · 670 births · 1 in 101 girlsPANew Jersey: #7 for girls · 525 births · 1 in 73 girlsNJConnecticut: #18 for girls · 181 births · 1 in 87 girlsCTCalifornia: #23 for girls · 1,310 births · 1 in 143 girlsCAUtah: #36 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 169 girlsUTColorado: #33 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 131 girlsCONebraska: #33 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 138 girlsNEMissouri: #35 for girls · 204 births · 1 in 156 girlsMOKentucky: #53 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 253 girlsKYWest Virginia: #40 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 165 girlsWVVirginia: #33 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 147 girlsVAMaryland: #29 for girls · 195 births · 1 in 116 girlsMDDelaware: #32 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 97 girlsDEArizona: #24 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 122 girlsAZNew Mexico: #29 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 139 girlsNMKansas: #43 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 190 girlsKSArkansas: #64 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 301 girlsARTennessee: #64 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 317 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #49 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 244 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #52 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 247 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #14 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 78 girlsDCOklahoma: #44 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 200 girlsOKLouisiana: #20 for girls · 261 births · 1 in 118 girlsLAMississippi: #74 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 324 girlsMSAlabama: #77 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 340 girlsALGeorgia: #72 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 328 girlsGAHawaii: #27 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 145 girlsHITexas: #64 for girls · 421 births · 1 in 305 girlsTXFlorida: #22 for girls · 466 births · 1 in 126 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#7 · 1 in 73
  2. New York#10 · 1 in 82
  3. Rhode Island#14 · 1 in 69
  4. District of Columbia#14 · 1 in 78
  5. Vermont#14 · 1 in 80

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#75251 in 73
New York#101,2611 in 82
District of Columbia#14731 in 78
Rhode Island#14691 in 69
Vermont#14341 in 80
Nevada#15591 in 76
Maine#17731 in 85
Connecticut#181811 in 87
Massachusetts#193531 in 93
Louisiana#202611 in 118
New Hampshire#20621 in 85
Florida#224661 in 126
Pennsylvania#226701 in 101
California#231,3101 in 143
Alaska#24431 in 88
Arizona#241671 in 122
Hawaii#27371 in 145
Maryland#291951 in 116
New Mexico#29681 in 139
South Dakota#29361 in 123
Washington#292151 in 127
Michigan#304561 in 121
Delaware#32301 in 97
Ohio#325281 in 130
Colorado#331671 in 131
Illinois#334831 in 151
Nebraska#33751 in 138
Virginia#332101 in 147
Wisconsin#332021 in 151
Idaho#34451 in 142
Montana#34371 in 127
Missouri#352041 in 156
North Dakota#35371 in 132
Utah#36911 in 169
Indiana#372081 in 163
Wyoming#37231 in 132
Iowa#401021 in 180
Oregon#40941 in 170
West Virginia#40651 in 165
Minnesota#411611 in 174
Kansas#43821 in 190
Oklahoma#441091 in 200
North Carolina#491371 in 244
South Carolina#52721 in 247
Kentucky#53891 in 253
Arkansas#64431 in 301
Tennessee#64871 in 317
Texas#644211 in 305
Georgia#721071 in 328
Mississippi#74471 in 324
Alabama#77641 in 340

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 1983

girls
#29
10,634 births · 1 in 157 girls
boys
#1,075
68 births · 1 in 26,361 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #29Danielle10,634

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #1,075Danielle68
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 157 of them was named Danielle, which outranked 99.8% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danielle
  1. #26Kelly11,586
  2. #27Lisa11,469
  3. #28Jamie11,025
  4. #29Danielle10,634
  5. #30Andrea10,413
  6. #31Sara10,087
  7. #32Mary9,897
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 26,361 of them was named Danielle, which outranked 85.4% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danielle
  1. #1,067Lucio69
  2. #1,067Ramone69
  3. #1,067Tarik69
  4. #1,075Danielle68
  5. #1,075Alden68
  6. #1,075Antonia68
  7. #1,075Antwain68
  8. #1,088Barton67
  9. #1,088Frederic67
  10. #1,088Jory67

Tied with 12 names at #1,075; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →