girls:
1.7k births since 1918
#4097 (28th percentile)
boys:
285.7k births since 1900
#129 (97th percentile)
overall:
287.4k births since 1900
#270 (97th percentile)
The name Danny is the #270 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 287,406 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 96.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 96.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #129 (97.2% percentile) for all time with 285,741 births since 1900. For girls, it ranks #4,097 (28.3% percentile) for all time with 1,665 births since 1918.
Danny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Danny is available in 123 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (123 years for boys and 96 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 Danny has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Danny reached its peak popularity in 1948, achieving the 93.7% percentile (ranked #39) with 4,491 births per million. The name was most common in 1948, with 4,491 births per million (ranked 93.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1952, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Danny ranks #512 for boys (43.8% percentile) with 257 births per million, which is 5.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Danny reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #726) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2016, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Danny ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 36.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Danny".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Danny is pronounced as DA-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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