Recorded 1980–2009 Boys' name Peak 1990 216 births

Danh — boys' name

216 babies named Danh in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s921990s792000s45
1980s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Danh was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

13 babies were named Danh in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Danh

The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Danh between 1980 and 2009, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Danh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Danh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Danh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Danh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Danh 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 216 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.

Danh at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

216

Since 1980

30 years of records

Peak year

1990

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1980

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2009

Danh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1980

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1990)
13
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
468101214 2009200219961992198819841980 12

Danh by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
92 births that decade — 43% of Danh's all-time total
1980s921990s792000s45

Danh by state

Where Danh concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Danh
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 2.8%
California share of Danh's total US births 2.8%

6 of 216 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Danh?
216 babies have been named Danh since 1980. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1990 with 13 births.
When was Danh most popular?
Danh was most popular in the 1980s decade with 92 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Danh most popular?
The top states for the name Danh are California (6 births).
How long has the name Danh been used?
Danh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 30 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Danh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Daniel, Danny, Dan, Dana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1980–2009 (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.