Dannie

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 79.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1946 · 262 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,137
since 1893

Dannie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #961, 1901peak #397, 1946girlsboys
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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#5,91720#5,20818
2024#5,30024#5,06719
2023#6,92216#4,61022
2022#8,54212#5,63316
2021#5,95520#6,33513
2020#4,88026#4,69820
2019#7,02516#5,55516
2018#5,45423#6,70312
2017#7,84014#5,11118
2016#5,79622#5,12418
2015#4,98127#5,50716
2014#5,45624#5,99714
2013#5,64423#4,98118
2012#6,87218#3,71428
2011#5,35825#4,22123
2010#6,38220#5,47816
2009#6,54420#4,58221
2008#7,07318#4,71420
2007#6,32321#7,09411
2006#9,28612#3,88825
2005#8,33013#4,32620
2004#7,82814#3,36828
2003#6,05519#3,11930
2002#8,83711#2,94331
2001#6,06718#3,22827
2000#9,8749#3,92220
1999#5,66118#2,46236
1998#7,10413#2,71130
1997#9,0179#2,75028
1996#5,77116#2,44132
1995#5,95815#2,05540
1994#4,68721#2,12338
1993#6,26414#2,05039
1992#8,06510#2,17435
1991#7,43011#2,46928
1990#8,5019#2,04936
1989#7,44910#1,79342
1988#6,27712#1,67142
1987#5,92312#1,65541
1986#6,15611#1,56542
1985#6,45710#1,69836
1984#6,8109#1,36548
1983#6,21210#1,32749
1982#6,8889#1,29352
1981#7,4098#1,41145
1980#10,3925#1,29152
1979#6,18910#1,15461
1978#5,21412#1,22953
1977#4,94213#1,15857
1976#6,6118#92981
1975#7,9846#1,11457
1974#3,69517#1,02664
1973#3,78716#88581
1972#4,30013#87784
1971#4,53412#91479
1970#4,24613#82695
1969#4,41811#756107
1968#4,22211#77691
1967#2,70621#73999
1966#3,95911#718107
1965#3,54913#684118
1964#5,0088#709119
1963#4,27210#650147
1962#3,29315#669135
1961#2,54323#591178
1960#5,1687#581179
1959#2,86917#588176
1958#3,08515#515226
1957#3,48912#515224
1956#2,92916#489244
1955#2,55319#462256
1954#2,07626#490218
1953#2,30121#416287
1952#1,78131#408284
1951#2,18221#418267
1950#1,76429#426248
1949#1,73630#407272
1948#1,46140#407278
1947#1,41343#406284
1946#1,39439#397262
1945#1,26140#412213
1944#1,45531#428202
1943#1,39535#456190
1942#1,55928#542129
1941#2,09616#576106
1940#1,79220#536120
1939#1,88118#530117
1938#1,47526#579102
1937#1,53924#60592
1936#2,15314#63383
1935#1,91717#77164
1934#1,91317#77164
1933#1,36428#70373
1932#1,87718#82160
1931#1,50225#84156
1930#1,46028#86558
1929#1,70422#99546
1928#1,50228#1,07842
1927#1,72824#1,06044
1926#1,54128#1,03445
1925#1,89121#98448
1924#1,50331#1,26333
1923#1,89521#1,35829
1922#1,53629#1,33330
1921#1,57728#1,39029
1920#1,37533#1,07343
1919#1,60425#1,26431
1918#1,75422#1,64821
1917#1,55224#1,58721
1916#1,86718#1,77117
1915#1,67220#1,41023
1914#1,30323#1,86812
1913#1,52815#1,67611
1912#1,14321#1,8858
1911#1,37212#1,2908
1910#1,52110#1,3147
1909#1,15213—
1908#1,5478—
1907#1,8216—
1906#1,15411—
1905#1,16211—
1904#1,8775#1,2055
1903#1,4407#9107
1902#1,2199—
1901#96112—
1900#1,7236—
1899——
1898#1,3797#1,0026
1897#1,1678—
1896——
1895#1,4266#8727
1894#1,4855—
1893#1,0918#9076
1892——
1891#1,3325—
1890——
1889#1,1476—
1888#1,2765—
1887——
1886——
1885#1,0475—
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Dannie! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Dannie is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Dannie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 141 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #5,208)
  • 510 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,208)
  • 299 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #5,208)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1925 (#1,263 → #984)
  • Biggest drop: 295 spots in 1904 (#910 → #1,205)
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1946 at #397 (262 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1929–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,199
  • Highest: 1 in 6,199 boys born in 1946 were named Dannie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Dannie (2,430) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s19#872 (1895)#927
1900s12#910 (1903)#1,058
1910s159#1,264 (1919)#1,571
1920s389#984 (1925)#1,157
1930s769#530 (1939)#712
1940s2,056#397 (1946)#457
1950s2,430#408 (1952)#473
1960s1,280#581 (1960)#687
1970s712#826 (1970)#1,011
1980s449#1,291 (1980)#1,507
1990s342#2,049 (1990)#2,328
2000s233#2,943 (2002)#4,118
2010s179#3,714 (2012)#5,239
2020s108#4,610 (2023)#5,259

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dannie in 1893

girls
#1,091
8 births · 1 in 26,613 girls
boys
#907
6 births · 1 in 18,720 boys

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #1,091Dannie8

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #907Dannie6
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 26,613 of them was named Dannie, which outranked 34.0% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dannie
  1. #1,023Vessie9
  2. #1,023Weltha9
  3. #1,023Zilpha9
  4. #1,091Dannie8
  5. #1,091Almedia8
  6. #1,091Archie8
  7. #1,091Becky8
  8. #1,175Adelaida7
  9. #1,175Adelle7
  10. #1,175Agda7

Tied with 83 names at #1,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 737Annabell#1,450 → #713
  2. ↑ 656Helma#1,450 → #794
  3. ↑ 634Claribel#1,278 → #644
  4. ↑ 624Jemima#1,450 → #826
  5. ↑ 616Buena#1,278 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 641Ernest#796 → #1,437
  2. ↓ 576Orah#861 → #1,437
  3. ↓ 576Willia#861 → #1,437
  4. ↓ 551Jennette#726 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 515Velva#762 → #1,277

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

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 18,720 of them was named Dannie, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dannie
  1. #836Willian7
  2. #836Worth7
  3. #836Yee7
  4. #907Dannie6
  5. #907Agnes6
  6. #907Albion6
  7. #907Alfredo6
  8. #1,035Addie5
  9. #1,035Adelard5
  10. #1,035Adolfo5

Tied with 127 names at #907; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 675Lindsay#1,066 → #391
  2. ↑ 528Carrie#1,066 → #538
  3. ↑ 528Ansel#1,066 → #538
  4. ↑ 528Jule#1,066 → #538
  5. ↑ 528Sanders#1,066 → #538
Fallers
  1. ↓ 488Levy#547 → #1,035
  2. ↓ 438Bonnie#597 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 438Carson#597 → #1,035
  4. ↓ 394Coy#641 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 394Helmer#641 → #1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893 →