girls:
9.5k births since 1942
#1652 (71st percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1947
#3571 (22nd percentile)
overall:
10.6k births since 1942
#2574 (67th percentile)
The name Dani is the #2,574 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,567 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 66.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,652 (71.1% percentile) for all time with 9,545 births since 1942. For boys, it ranks #3,571 (22.1% percentile) for all time with 1,022 births since 1947.
Dani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for girls and 1947 for boys). Birth data for Dani is available in 80 out of the 82 years between 1942 and 2023 (80 years for girls and 68 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 Dani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.1% of babies named Dani were girls.
For girls, Dani reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 41.9% percentile (ranked #557) with 239 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 239 births per million (ranked 41.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dani ranks #612 for girls (35.4% percentile) with 206 births per million, which is 86.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dani reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #871) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dani is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #881 (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dani".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Dani", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Danny" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Danny..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Dani is pronounced as DA-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-nee, at 25.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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