girls:
5 births since 2014
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
512 births since 1937
#4074 (11th percentile)
overall:
517 births since 1937
#7222 (7th percentile)
The name Danney is the #7,222 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 517 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 6.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,074 (11.1% percentile) for all time with 512 births since 1937. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2014.
Danney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (1937 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Danney is available in 41 out of the 78 years between 1937 and 2014 (40 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Danney has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2014, 0.0% of babies named Danney were boys. Interestingly, until around 2005, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1937 to 2004), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2005 to 2014).
For boys, Danney reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #592) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1950, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1987.
For girls, Danney reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #967) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Danney".
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