Danyell
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
Given to girls 88.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 149 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,520since 1965
Danyell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,588 | 48 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,047 | 68 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #2,189 | 60 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,943 | 66 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,498 | 86 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #1,572 | 76 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #1,339 | 98 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #1,153 | 118 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #1,907 | 54 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #1,596 | 73 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #1,605 | 72 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #1,364 | 90 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #1,314 | 91 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #1,067 | 122 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #1,092 | 111 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #1,100 | 106 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | #871 | 149 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #990 | 120 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #3,966 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Danyell! It came in at #6,539, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965–1966, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Danyell is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#387 · 1 in 2,540
- South Carolina#501 · 1 in 3,567
- Maryland#553 · 1 in 4,823
- Louisiana#680 · 1 in 5,014
- Virginia#681 · 1 in 6,590
Best ever in a state: #306 in Maryland, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #387 | 5 | 1 in 2,540 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 5 | 1 in 3,567 |
| Maryland | #553 | 5 | 1 in 4,823 |
| Louisiana | #680 | 6 | 1 in 5,014 |
| Ohio | #681 | 9 | 1 in 7,677 |
| Virginia | #681 | 5 | 1 in 6,590 |
| Michigan | #942 | 5 | 1 in 11,452 |
| California | #1,716 | 9 | 1 in 22,473 |
| Texas | #1,874 | 5 | 1 in 26,670 |
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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 Danyell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 1,533 spots in 1973 (#2,523 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1975 (#871 → #1,100)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1974 at #871 (149 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1973–1974
- Highest: 1 in 9,849 girls born in 1974 were named Danyell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 34.9% of all girls named Danyell (879) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51 | #3,012 (1969) | #4,265 |
| 1970s | 879 | #871 (1974) | #1,542 |
| 1980s | 778 | #1,153 (1984) | #1,615 |
| 1990s | 529 | #2,047 (1994) | #2,517 |
| 2000s | 209 | #4,649 (2000) | #5,928 |
| 2010s | 69 | #7,748 (2013) | #11,205 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
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.
Danyell in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 17,559 of them was named Danyell, which outranked 89.3% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,333Kiara99
- #1,333Louisa99
- #1,333Shenika99
- #1,339Danyell98
- #1,339Asha98
- #1,339Blaire98
- #1,339Ilana98
- #1,350Daniell97
- #1,350Gayle97
- #1,350Kalyn97
Tied with 10 names at #1,339; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 168,019 of them was named Danyell, which outranked 49.8% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,599Yul12
- #3,599Zacchaeus12
- #3,599Zackry12
- #3,805Danyell11
- #3,805Achary11
- #3,805Aditya11
- #3,805Alika11
- #4,052Adin10
- #4,052Adriano10
- #4,052Adron10
Tied with 246 names at #3,805; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.