Danelle

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #7,967 · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1974 · 265 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,109
since 1938

Danelle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Danelle has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #597, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#7,96713
2023#15,1945
2022#15,3065
2021#9,56210
2020#8,95311
2019#15,5395
2018#11,4278
2017#8,77612
2016#7,23016
2015#10,8669
2014#7,63615
2013#7,37216
2012#8,63213
2011#5,93522
2010#8,27114
2009#5,89123
2008#5,43426
2007#4,47533
2006#5,23326
2005#4,58129
2004#4,28732
2003#3,80536
2002#3,52338
2001#3,54937
2000#2,63256
1999#3,14841
1998#2,61452
1997#2,42354
1996#1,93074
1995#1,80279
1994#1,63492
1993#1,507104
1992#1,322127
1991#1,306127
1990#1,279127
1989#1,145144
1988#972171
1987#850202
1986#771222
1985#772219
1984#693241#6,3155
1983#754215
1982#783208#4,5938
1981#747221
1980#759218
1979#737222#4,8427
1978#701226#3,61410
1977#688228#5,1236
1976#653237#5,5875
1975#657231
1974#597265
1973#670222
1972#815165#4,9865
1971#805174
1970#803172
1969#836153
1968#789162
1967#886133
1966#999105
1965#1,025103
1964#1,066104
1963#1,21182
1962#1,29273
1961#1,35468
1960#1,36665
1959#2,15228
1958#1,82036
1957#1,64143
1956#1,83534
1955#1,38352
1954#1,98728
1953#1,87229
1952#1,74632
1951#2,01624
1950#2,65215
1949#1,66632
1948#2,58915
1947#2,53016
1946#1,97022
1945#2,74211
1944#4,5745
1943#3,8017
1942#2,98610
1941#3,9546
1940#2,73710
1939#2,9229
1938#3,4507
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First appearance
1938

The first year at least five girls were named Danelle! It came in at #3,450, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Danelle is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNHWashington: #794 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,188 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #521 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,580 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedILWisconsin: #625 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,691 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMINew York: #1,420 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,877 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedIAIndiana: #755 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,965 girlsINOhio: #719 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,018 girlsOHPennsylvania: #843 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,876 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,470 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 16,345 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedUTColorado: #594 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,165 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Danelle, so not publishedHITexas: #1,672 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 19,486 girlsTXFlorida: #1,260 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,726 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#521 · 1 in 4,580
  2. Colorado#594 · 1 in 4,165
  3. Wisconsin#625 · 1 in 5,691
  4. Ohio#719 · 1 in 7,018
  5. Indiana#755 · 1 in 6,965

Best ever in a state: #128 in Montana, 1988.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#52161 in 4,580
Colorado#59451 in 4,165
Wisconsin#62551 in 5,691
Ohio#719101 in 7,018
Indiana#75551 in 6,965
Washington#79451 in 6,188
Pennsylvania#84381 in 8,876
Florida#1,26061 in 12,726
New York#1,42081 in 14,877
California#1,470161 in 16,345
Texas#1,67271 in 19,486
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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 Danelle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1973 (#815#670)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1989 (#972#1,145)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1938
  • Peaked 1974 at #597 (265 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1966–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,538
  • Highest: 1 in 5,538 girls born in 1974 were named Danelle (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 124,630 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 30.1% of all girls named Danelle (2,142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s16#2,922 (1939)#3,186
1940s134#1,666 (1949)#2,955
1950s321#1,383 (1955)#1,910
1960s1,048#789 (1968)#1,082
1970s2,142#597 (1974)#713
1980s2,061#693 (1984)#825
1990s877#1,279 (1990)#1,897
2000s336#2,632 (2000)#4,341
2010s130#5,935 (2011)#9,168
2020s44#7,967 (2024)#11,396

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.

Danelle in 1991

girls
#1,306
127 births · 1 in 14,764 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,306Danelle127
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 14,764 of them was named Danelle, which outranked 91.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danelle
  1. #1,297Natali128
  2. #1,297Shanita128
  3. #1,297Shyla128
  4. #1,306Danelle127
  5. #1,306Chelsee127
  6. #1,306Hazel127
  7. #1,306Karyn127
  8. #1,314Alishia126
  9. #1,314Fantasia126
  10. #1,314Joslyn126

Tied with 7 names at #1,306; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991