Danielle Girl
How popular is Danielle?
#549 girl name in 2025
550 baby girls were named Danielle in the US in 2025, making it the 549th most popular girl name.
Danielle popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #549 for girls (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 550 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #295 in 2015, #448 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1987 (17,010 girls) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 1987 |
| First recorded | 1937 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Danielle counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Danielle family of names ranked #525 for girls in 2025 (#491 the year before), with 556 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Danielle | 550 | 99% |
| Danyelle | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Danielle is most popular
Babies named Danielle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Danielle by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 169 | #731 |
| 1940s | 881 | #681 |
| 1950s | 1,711 | #640 |
| 1960s | 13,153 | #111 |
| 1970s | 60,918 | #31 |
| 1980s | 134,379 | #14 |
| 1990s | 109,597 | #17 |
| 2000s | 35,628 | #48 |
| 2010s | 11,535 | #195 |
| 2020s | 3,832 | #438 |
Girl names about as popular as Danielle
Questions
- Is Danielle a boy or girl name?
- Danielle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Danielle were girls.
- How popular is the name Danielle?
- 550 baby girls were named Danielle in the US in 2025, making it the 549th most popular girl name.
- When was Danielle most popular?
- Danielle peaked in 1987, when 17,010 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #14 in 1987.
- How many people are named Danielle?
- 373,698 babies have been named Danielle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 362,641 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Danielle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Danielle was most common in Montana, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.