How rare is the name Dani?

11,724 people in the United States have the first name Dani, about 1 in 25,762. It ranks #2,230 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DANI

#2,230

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,724
About
1 in 25,762
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,724 people named Dani, 68.4% reported their origin as White, 18.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as Black. 82% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dani peaked in 2022, when 462 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
462
In 2025*
389 ▼16%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 11,424 babies have been given the name since 1942. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,335. The largest share of babies named Dani, 39.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#6,54357
1950s#2,026699
1960s#2,092747
1970s#2,142853
1980s#2,200984
1990s#2,4361,172
2000s#2,2701,721
2010s#1,8062,701
2020s#1,3352,490
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–649.7%
Generation X 1965–8011.7%
Millennials 1981–9615%
Generation Z 1997–1224.2%
2013 and later39.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dani has been most common in Arizona (2.3×), California (2×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.28×).

6,678 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Dani

#2,228 Rosetta · 11,741#2,229 Gay · 11,736#2,231 Cori · 11,717#2,231 Reggie · 11,717

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dani, most common first.

#264 Dana · 210,579#442 Dan · 127,523#1,255 Dane · 29,787#2,200 Dania · 11,968#4,473 Dany · 4,158#5,702 Danni · 2,959#6,637 Dann · 2,397#7,428 Danh · 2,058

Also a last name

As a last name, Dani ranks #29,114 of 156,621, with 867 people. See Dani as a last name

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