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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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—
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1953#666181—
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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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #25 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 119 girlsAKMaine: #20 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 105 girlsMEVermont: #26 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 94 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #30 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 110 girlsNHWashington: #26 for girls · 188 births · 1 in 152 girlsWAIdaho: #30 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 136 girlsIDMontana: #22 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 101 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #36 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 130 girlsNDMinnesota: #23 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 122 girlsMNIllinois: #25 for girls · 487 births · 1 in 149 girlsILWisconsin: #19 for girls · 241 births · 1 in 108 girlsWIMichigan: #19 for girls · 453 births · 1 in 116 girlsMINew York: #11 for girls · 1,029 births · 1 in 104 girlsNYMassachusetts: #27 for girls · 273 births · 1 in 121 girlsMARhode Island: #23 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 89 girlsRIOregon: #43 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 185 girlsORNevada: #19 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 117 girlsNVWyoming: #23 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 84 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #33 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 131 girlsSDIowa: #30 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 124 girlsIAIndiana: #25 for girls · 259 births · 1 in 126 girlsINOhio: #24 for girls · 464 births · 1 in 137 girlsOHPennsylvania: #20 for girls · 564 births · 1 in 111 girlsPANew Jersey: #11 for girls · 494 births · 1 in 87 girlsNJConnecticut: #24 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 104 girlsCTCalifornia: #28 for girls · 1,275 births · 1 in 184 girlsCAUtah: #33 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 163 girlsUTColorado: #26 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 136 girlsCONebraska: #34 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 137 girlsNEMissouri: #21 for girls · 254 births · 1 in 116 girlsMOKentucky: #44 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 178 girlsKYWest Virginia: #28 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 117 girlsWVVirginia: #27 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 141 girlsVAMaryland: #22 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 112 girlsMDDelaware: #18 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 80 girlsDEArizona: #19 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 130 girlsAZNew Mexico: #18 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 111 girlsNMKansas: #29 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 139 girlsKSArkansas: #55 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 223 girlsARTennessee: #53 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 236 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #38 for girls · 209 births · 1 in 183 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #44 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 195 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #4 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 68 girlsDCOklahoma: #31 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 154 girlsOKLouisiana: #42 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 205 girlsLAMississippi: #54 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 252 girlsMSAlabama: #53 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 238 girlsALGeorgia: #40 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 200 girlsGAHawaii: #19 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 113 girlsHITexas: #36 for girls · 642 births · 1 in 213 girlsTXFlorida: #22 for girls · 596 births · 1 in 122 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#4 · 1 in 68
  2. New Jersey#11 · 1 in 87
  3. New York#11 · 1 in 104
  4. Delaware#18 · 1 in 80
  5. New Mexico#18 · 1 in 111

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#4591 in 68
New Jersey#114941 in 87
New York#111,0291 in 104
Delaware#18401 in 80
New Mexico#18771 in 111
Arizona#192101 in 130
Hawaii#19391 in 113
Michigan#194531 in 116
Nevada#19691 in 117
Wisconsin#192411 in 108
Maine#20461 in 105
Pennsylvania#205641 in 111
Missouri#212541 in 116
Florida#225961 in 122
Maryland#222211 in 112
Montana#22311 in 101
Minnesota#232051 in 122
Rhode Island#23511 in 89
Wyoming#23171 in 84
Connecticut#241581 in 104
Ohio#244641 in 137
Alaska#25221 in 119
Illinois#254871 in 149
Indiana#252591 in 126
Colorado#261491 in 136
Vermont#26211 in 94
Washington#261881 in 152
Massachusetts#272731 in 121
Virginia#272421 in 141
California#281,2751 in 184
West Virginia#28661 in 117
Kansas#29921 in 139
Idaho#30411 in 136
Iowa#301141 in 124
New Hampshire#30461 in 110
Oklahoma#311021 in 154
South Dakota#33251 in 131
Utah#33911 in 163
Nebraska#34611 in 137
North Dakota#36251 in 130
Texas#366421 in 213
North Carolina#382091 in 183
Georgia#402051 in 200
Louisiana#421071 in 205
Oregon#43881 in 185
Kentucky#441101 in 178
South Carolina#44841 in 195
Alabama#53871 in 238
Tennessee#531241 in 236
Mississippi#54481 in 252
Arkansas#55521 in 223

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 1995

girls
#24
10,653 births · 1 in 165 girls
boys
#2,400
32 births · 1 in 59,491 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #24Danielle10,653

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #2,400Danielle32
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 165 of them was named Danielle, which outranked 99.8% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danielle
  1. #21Brianna11,881
  2. #22Amber10,965
  3. #23Morgan10,877
  4. #24Danielle10,653
  5. #25Jasmine10,279
  6. #26Alexandra10,160
  7. #27Alyssa10,100
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 59,491 of them was named Danielle, which outranked 76.8% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danielle
  1. #2,346Tyjuan33
  2. #2,346Youssef33
  3. #2,346Zacharey33
  4. #2,400Danielle32
  5. #2,400Amanda32
  6. #2,400Arvin32
  7. #2,400Avrohom32
  8. #2,444Akiva31
  9. #2,444Ammar31
  10. #2,444Antonino31

Tied with 43 names at #2,400; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →