girls:
1.3k births since 1941
#4456 (22nd percentile)
boys:
434 births since 1957
#4152 (9th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1941
#6050 (22nd percentile)
The name Danell is the #6,050 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,700 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 21.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,456 (22.0% percentile) for all time with 1,266 births since 1941. For boys, it ranks #4,152 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 434 births since 1957.
Danell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (1941 for girls and 1957 for boys). Birth data for Danell is available in 74 out of the 82 years between 1941 and 2022 (62 years for girls and 49 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Danell has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Danell were girls. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for girls (79.4% girls from 1941 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (94.7% boys from 2006 to 2022).
For girls, Danell reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #719) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2013.
For boys, Danell reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #647) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Danell".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Danell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.1% confident that Danell is pronounced as duh-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is da-NEHL, at 15.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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