Danell
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #14,582 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to girls 74.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 46 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,266since 1941
Danell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,320 | 17 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #1,857 | 54 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,174 | 39 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #1,801 | 49 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,980 | 40 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #1,728 | 46 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Danell! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Danell is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,553 · 1 in 23,433
Best ever in a state: #826 in Ohio, 1967.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,553 | 7 | 1 in 23,433 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Danell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1968 at #1,728 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,392 girls born in 1977 were named Danell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 292,458 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,728 in 1968, was only 1 in 35,661 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.2% of all girls named Danell (408) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 31 | #3,430 (1946) | #4,369 |
| 1950s | 136 | #2,108 (1959) | #3,515 |
| 1960s | 347 | #1,728 (1968) | #2,030 |
| 1970s | 408 | #1,801 (1974) | #2,128 |
| 1980s | 192 | #2,853 (1983) | #4,556 |
| 1990s | 102 | #5,399 (1991) | #8,802 |
| 2000s | 44 | #9,874 (2000) | #12,118 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,582 (2013) | #14,582 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Danell in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 49,947 of them was named Danell, which outranked 76.1% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,203Temple36
- #2,203Theressa36
- #2,203Valery36
- #2,240Danell35
- #2,240Alyse35
- #2,240Ashlee35
- #2,240Christianne35
- #2,267Angi34
- #2,267Angla34
- #2,267Arlette34
Tied with 26 names at #2,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.