Girls' name · since 1914
Danella
870 babies named Danella in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,264 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 870
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Danella currently ranks #10167 among girls' names in America, with 870 babies recorded since 1914.
Danella has 870 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10167 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #8,264 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,167 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 870 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danella ranks #8,264 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,167 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 870 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #8,264 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 870
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Danella's 870 recorded births place it above 88.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Danella compares
870 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Danella's all-time total is 131% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Danella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 870 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Danella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Danella's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Danella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Danella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (126 births, 14% of the file).
1970s was Danella's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Danella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 23
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 9
1930s
9 births
- 1940s
1940s
78 births
- 1950s
1950s
75 births
- 1960s
1960s
105 births
- 1970s
1970s
126 births
- 1980s
1980s
110 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
99 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 126 births (14% of all-time use).
How Danella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Danella's total volume
Danella by state
Where Danella concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
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What to do with Danella's data
- Danella's decade-level peak was the 1970s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Danellas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Danella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~111 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Danella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.