Dannie

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 79.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1946 · 262 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,137
since 1893

Dannie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #961, 1901peak #397, 1946girlsboys
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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#5,91720#5,20818
2024#5,30024#5,06719
2023#6,92216#4,61022
2022#8,54212#5,63316
2021#5,95520#6,33513
2020#4,88026#4,69820
2019#7,02516#5,55516
2018#5,45423#6,70312
2017#7,84014#5,11118
2016#5,79622#5,12418
2015#4,98127#5,50716
2014#5,45624#5,99714
2013#5,64423#4,98118
2012#6,87218#3,71428
2011#5,35825#4,22123
2010#6,38220#5,47816
2009#6,54420#4,58221
2008#7,07318#4,71420
2007#6,32321#7,09411
2006#9,28612#3,88825
2005#8,33013#4,32620
2004#7,82814#3,36828
2003#6,05519#3,11930
2002#8,83711#2,94331
2001#6,06718#3,22827
2000#9,8749#3,92220
1999#5,66118#2,46236
1998#7,10413#2,71130
1997#9,0179#2,75028
1996#5,77116#2,44132
1995#5,95815#2,05540
1994#4,68721#2,12338
1993#6,26414#2,05039
1992#8,06510#2,17435
1991#7,43011#2,46928
1990#8,5019#2,04936
1989#7,44910#1,79342
1988#6,27712#1,67142
1987#5,92312#1,65541
1986#6,15611#1,56542
1985#6,45710#1,69836
1984#6,8109#1,36548
1983#6,21210#1,32749
1982#6,8889#1,29352
1981#7,4098#1,41145
1980#10,3925#1,29152
1979#6,18910#1,15461
1978#5,21412#1,22953
1977#4,94213#1,15857
1976#6,6118#92981
1975#7,9846#1,11457
1974#3,69517#1,02664
1973#3,78716#88581
1972#4,30013#87784
1971#4,53412#91479
1970#4,24613#82695
1969#4,41811#756107
1968#4,22211#77691
1967#2,70621#73999
1966#3,95911#718107
1965#3,54913#684118
1964#5,0088#709119
1963#4,27210#650147
1962#3,29315#669135
1961#2,54323#591178
1960#5,1687#581179
1959#2,86917#588176
1958#3,08515#515226
1957#3,48912#515224
1956#2,92916#489244
1955#2,55319#462256
1954#2,07626#490218
1953#2,30121#416287
1952#1,78131#408284
1951#2,18221#418267
1950#1,76429#426248
1949#1,73630#407272
1948#1,46140#407278
1947#1,41343#406284
1946#1,39439#397262
1945#1,26140#412213
1944#1,45531#428202
1943#1,39535#456190
1942#1,55928#542129
1941#2,09616#576106
1940#1,79220#536120
1939#1,88118#530117
1938#1,47526#579102
1937#1,53924#60592
1936#2,15314#63383
1935#1,91717#77164
1934#1,91317#77164
1933#1,36428#70373
1932#1,87718#82160
1931#1,50225#84156
1930#1,46028#86558
1929#1,70422#99546
1928#1,50228#1,07842
1927#1,72824#1,06044
1926#1,54128#1,03445
1925#1,89121#98448
1924#1,50331#1,26333
1923#1,89521#1,35829
1922#1,53629#1,33330
1921#1,57728#1,39029
1920#1,37533#1,07343
1919#1,60425#1,26431
1918#1,75422#1,64821
1917#1,55224#1,58721
1916#1,86718#1,77117
1915#1,67220#1,41023
1914#1,30323#1,86812
1913#1,52815#1,67611
1912#1,14321#1,8858
1911#1,37212#1,2908
1910#1,52110#1,3147
1909#1,15213
1908#1,5478
1907#1,8216
1906#1,15411
1905#1,16211
1904#1,8775#1,2055
1903#1,4407#9107
1902#1,2199
1901#96112
1900#1,7236
1899
1898#1,3797#1,0026
1897#1,1678
1896
1895#1,4266#8727
1894#1,4855
1893#1,0918#9076
1892
1891#1,3325
1890
1889#1,1476
1888#1,2765
1887
1886
1885#1,0475
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Dannie! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Dannie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 141 spots since 2024 (#5,067#5,208)
  • 510 spots since 2020 (#4,698#5,208)
  • 299 spots since 2015 (#5,507#5,208)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1925 (#1,263#984)
  • Biggest drop: 295 spots in 1904 (#910#1,205)
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1946 at #397 (262 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1929–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,199
  • Highest: 1 in 6,199 boys born in 1946 were named Dannie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Dannie (2,430) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s19#872 (1895)#927
1900s12#910 (1903)#1,058
1910s159#1,264 (1919)#1,571
1920s389#984 (1925)#1,157
1930s769#530 (1939)#712
1940s2,056#397 (1946)#457
1950s2,430#408 (1952)#473
1960s1,280#581 (1960)#687
1970s712#826 (1970)#1,011
1980s449#1,291 (1980)#1,507
1990s342#2,049 (1990)#2,328
2000s233#2,943 (2002)#4,118
2010s179#3,714 (2012)#5,239
2020s108#4,610 (2023)#5,259

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dannie in 1954

girls
#2,076
26 births · 1 in 74,689 girls
boys
#490
218 births · 1 in 9,352 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #2,076Dannie26

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #490Dannie218
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 74,689 of them was named Dannie, which outranked 68.7% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dannie
  1. #2,027Vivienne27
  2. #2,027Vonna27
  3. #2,027Yvonna27
  4. #2,076Dannie26
  5. #2,076Bonnita26
  6. #2,076Candie26
  7. #2,076Caprice26
  8. #2,122Adelia25
  9. #2,122Adriane25
  10. #2,122Ardell25

Tied with 45 names at #2,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 9,352 of them was named Dannie, which outranked 88.8% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dannie
  1. #487Erik220
  2. #487Kermit220
  3. #489Reynaldo219
  4. #490Dannie218
  5. #490Emanuel218
  6. #490Grover218
  7. #490Kendall218
  8. #494Eddy217
  9. #495Seth215
  10. #496Carmen214

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954