Girls' name · since 2008
Danilah
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 82 babies named Danilah, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,292 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Danilah currently ranks #16292 among girls' names in America, with 82 babies recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Danilah recorded 82 times among girls since 2008, holding rank #16292 nationally today, ahead of 6% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #29,327 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,292 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 82 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danilah ranks #29,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,292 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 82 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,292 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Danilah's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Danilah compares
82 22nd percentile among 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
Danilah's all-time total is 78% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Danilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 82 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Danilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Danilah splits its recorded history at 2018: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Danilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Danilah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (42 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Danilah's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Danilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 42 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Danilah's data
- Danilah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (42 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Danilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Danilah 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.