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.
43% of everyone ever named Danh was born in this single decade.
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 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Danh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1980
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
216 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 13 births in a single year.
Danh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 92 births that decade — 43% of Danh's all-time total
Danh decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Danh's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Danh by state
Where Danh concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.8% |
6 of 216 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.8% 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, 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.