Girls' name · since 1996

Danelly

497 babies named Danelly in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#11,899 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,601 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
497
born since 1996
2010s
peak decade

Danelly currently ranks #8601 among girls' names in America, with 497 babies recorded since 1996.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danelly has been recorded 497 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #8601 nationally and more common than 50% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.

  • #11,899 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,601 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 497 born since 1996
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danelly ranks #11,899 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,601 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 497 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.

#11,899 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,601 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
497
born since 1996
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%50.2%
Danelly vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Danelly's 497 recorded births place it above 83.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

5 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Danelly compares

497 Top 45% higher than 55% 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

Danelly's all-time total is 32% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Danelly Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 497 376 567,345
Peak-year births 91 21 19,840

Danelly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Danelly's full recorded timeline at 2012, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 91 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Danelly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
91
Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
020406080100 19962002200620102014201820222025 12

Danelly by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (257 births, 52% of the file).

2010s was Danelly's strongest decade.

257 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.

Danelly births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 257 births (52% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Danelly by state

Where Danelly concentrates geographically, total births since 1996

Regionally concentrated
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Danelly
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
102 20.5%
#2 California
63 12.7%
#3 Illinois
8 1.6%
#4 Arizona
5 1.0%
#5 New York
5 1.0%
Texas share of Danelly's total US births 20.5%
Even split

102 of 497 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Danelly?
Since 1996, Social Security records show 497 babies named Danelly. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #11,899 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #8,601 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2017, with 91 births.
Where does Danelly sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danelly ranks #11,899 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,601 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Danelly most popular?
Danelly was most popular in the 2010s decade with 257 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Where is Danelly most popular?
The top states for the name Danelly are Texas (102 births), California (63 births), Illinois (8 births).
How long has the name Danelly been used?
The SSA has tracked Danelly since 1996 -- 30 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Danelly?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Danielle, Dana, Daniela, Daniella, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Danelly's data

  • Danelly's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (257 total births) through the 2020s (90) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Texas records the most Danellys (102 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 Danelly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1996–2025 (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 Danelly 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.