Unisex name · since 1952
Dannel
120 babies named Dannel in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,204 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 120
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dannel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 120 recorded since 1952.
Dannel has 120 recorded births among boys since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2019.
- #16,204 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 120 born since 1952
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dannel ranks #16,204 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1952, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,204 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 120
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dannel's 120 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dannel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dannel's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dannel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2019
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Dannel popularity over time - girls
20 total births recorded since 1969 (Dannel as girls' name)
Dannel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (30 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Dannel's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Dannel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 30 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dannel's data
- Dannel's decade-level peak was the 1980s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dannel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
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, 1952–2019 (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 Dannel 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.