girls:
370.6k births since 1937
#99 (98th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1963
#2872 (37th percentile)
overall:
372.5k births since 1937
#193 (98th percentile)
The name Danielle is the #193 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 372,524 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 97.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 97.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #99 (98.3% percentile) for all time with 370,629 births since 1937. For boys, it ranks #2,872 (37.3% percentile) for all time with 1,895 births since 1963.
Danielle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (1937 for girls and 1963 for boys).
The name Danielle has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Danielle reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 98.4% percentile (ranked #14) with 9,074 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 9,074 births per million (ranked 98.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1988, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Danielle ranks #441 for girls (53.5% percentile) with 353 births per million, which is 3.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Danielle reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #641) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 56 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Danielle".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Danielle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.9% confident that Danielle is pronounced as da-NYEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DA-NYEHL, at 23.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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