How common is the name Danielle?

329,075 people in the United States have the first name Danielle, about 1 in 918. It ranks #152 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DANIELLE

#152

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
329,075
About
1 in 918
This common or more
36.9%
Who bears it

Of the 329,075 people named Danielle, 71.7% reported their origin as White, 12.6% as Black and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Danielle peaked in 1987, when 17,086 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19372025
Peak year
1987
Births that year
17,086
In 2025*
550 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 373,698 babies have been given the name since 1937. 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.

Danielle by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #55. The largest share of babies named Danielle, 57.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1930s#3,450169
1940s#1,496881
1950s#1,2771,711
1960s#44013,209
1970s#10261,407
1980s#55135,215
1990s#60109,965
2000s#21035,753
2010s#58511,556
2020s#9753,832
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–8021.5%
Millennials 1981–9657.3%
Generation Z 1997–1216.7%
2013 and later2.9%

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 Danielle is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Danielle has been most common in Alaska (1.9×), New Jersey (1.7×), and Nevada (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.37×).

370,600 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 Danielle

#150 Jesus · 331,353#151 Jacqueline · 331,316#153 Keith · 328,988#154 Sophia · 327,891

Spelled almost the same

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

#9 Daniel · 1,607,193#667 Daniela · 78,946#1,239 Daniella · 30,594#3,383 Danelle · 6,252#3,563 Daniele · 5,783#4,040 Danyelle · 4,798#5,093 Dannielle · 3,451#6,845 Daniell · 2,295

Also a last name

As a last name, Danielle ranks #69,562 of 156,621, with 304 people. See Danielle as a last name

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