Girls' name · since 1967
Dangela
366 babies named Dangela in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 366
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dangela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 366 recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dangela has been recorded 366 times among girls since 1967, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2014.
- #14,258 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 366 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dangela ranks #14,258 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 366 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 366
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dangela's 366 recorded births place it above 80.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dangela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dangela splits its recorded history at 1993: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dangela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2014
- Peak year (1996)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Dangela by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (122 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Dangela's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Dangela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
76 births
- 1990s
1990s
122 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 122 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Dangela's decade-level peak was the 1990s (122 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dangela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1967–2014 (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 Dangela 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.