Girls' name · since 1982
Dannae
Dannae has 232 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,307 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,792 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dannae is the #5792 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 232 recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dannae has been recorded 232 times among girls since 1982, currently ranked #5792 nationally and more common than 67% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #18,307 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,792 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 232 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dannae ranks #18,307 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,792 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 232 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,307 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,792 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dannae's 232 recorded births place it above 74.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Dannae compares
232 40th 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
Dannae's all-time total is 38% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dannae | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 232 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dannae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dannae's full recorded timeline at 2010, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dannae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Dannae by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (91 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Dannae's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Dannae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
91 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 91 births (39% of all-time use).
Dannae by state
Where Dannae concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.6% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
6 of 232 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Dannaes (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dannae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Dannae 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.