Danett — girls' name
143 babies named Danett in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Danett was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Danett in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Danett
The Social Security Administration has registered 143 babies named Danett between 1961 and 2012, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Danett currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Danett performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Danett shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Danett in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Danett in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 143 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Danett at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Danett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1961
- Peak year (2011)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
143 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 21 births in a single year.
Danett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 60 births that decade — 42% of Danett's all-time total
Danett decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Danett's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Danett by state
Where Danett concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 9.1% |
13 of 143 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1961–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.