Unisex name · since 1932
Danne
479 babies named Danne in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,169 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 479
- born since 1932
- 1960s
- peak decade
Danne sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 479 recorded since 1932.
Danne has 479 recorded births among girls since 1932, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1932 to 1999.
- #12,169 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 479 born since 1932
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danne ranks #12,169 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 479 born since 1932, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,169 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 479
- born since 1932
- 1960s
- peak decade
Danne's 479 recorded births place it above 83.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Danne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Danne's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1932, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1966 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Danne popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1999
- Peak year (1966)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Danne popularity over time - boys
175 total births recorded since 1936 (Danne as boys' name)
Danne by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (172 births, 36% of the file).
1960s was Danne's strongest decade.
172 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Danne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 24
1940s
24 births
- 1950s
1950s
114 births
- 1960s
1960s
172 births
- 1970s
1970s
76 births
- 1980s 53
1980s
53 births
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 172 births (36% of all-time use).
Danne by state
Where Danne concentrates geographically, total births since 1932
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 35 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 1.3% |
35 of 479 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Danne's decade-level peak was the 1960s (172 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dannes (35 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Danne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~67 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, 1932–1999 (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 Danne 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.