Danell
Danell was last recorded in 2022, when 6 babies were given it; 1,700 Americans have been recorded with it between 1941 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,560 Americans named Danell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 39 and 58.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Danell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Danell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,068, in 2013; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
67 babies in 1977, the peak
Danell peaked in 1977, when 67 babies were given it (54 girls, #1,861 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | under 5 | 6 | #11,168 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 7 | #9,788 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 5 | #12,571 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 17 | #5,361 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 13 | #6,388 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 5 | #12,472 | |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,068 | 7 | #9,876 |
| 2012 | under 5 | 14 | #6,058 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 5 | #12,686 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 6 | #11,045 |
Every recorded year (74)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | under 5 | 8 | #9,162 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 5 | #12,754 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 9 | #8,132 | |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,929 | 7 | #9,325 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,087 | 6 | #10,237 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,722 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,371 | 9 | #7,155 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,364 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,077 | 9 | #6,944 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,572 | 7 | #8,031 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,832 | 5 | #9,924 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,246 | 5 | #9,561 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,806 | 5 | #9,302 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,159 | 6 | #8,000 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,720 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,615 | 11 | #5,064 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,138 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,457 | 7 | #6,654 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,465 | 8 | #5,942 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,567 | 9 | #5,250 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,742 | 9 | #4,859 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,003 | 7 | #5,612 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,380 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,642 | 11 | #3,844 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,033 | 12 | #3,499 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,867 | 14 | #3,100 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,917 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,761 | 8 | #4,606 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,081 | 15 | #2,987 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,395 | 11 | #3,615 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,201 | 11 | #3,444 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,861 | 13 | #3,071 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,179 | 11 | #3,311 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,279 | 18 | #2,383 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,804 | 9 | #3,625 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,891 | 9 | #3,498 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,406 | 10 | #3,201 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,072 | 8 | #3,724 |
| 1970 | 35 | #2,243 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,984 | 10 | #2,902 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,731 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,758 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,926 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,955 | 6 | #3,608 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,421 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,096 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,081 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,306 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,108 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,112 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,680 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,361 | 8 | #3,070 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,070 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,128 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,530 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,304 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,193 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,578 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,730 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,785 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,459 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,463 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,125 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,537 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Danell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,700 Americans recorded as Danell, 74% are girls and 26% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Danell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Danell, and how old are they?
1,560 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 1,700 Americans ever recorded as Danell. The median Danell alive today is 50 years old; half are between 39 and 58.
The 2020 Census counted 1,426 people named Danell (1,080 women and girls, 346 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,587 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 6 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 253 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 732 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 346 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 156 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 65 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Danell born?
The states with the most babies named Danell are California, Ohio and Texas, with 93% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 123 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New York | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Danell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 11,233 babies since 1880, Danell is the fourth most given (15% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Danell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Danell and names like it
- Compare Danell and DanyelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sDanell peaked in 1977.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Danell since 1910.
- The top names of 1977The year the most babies were named Danell.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Danell alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.