Girls' name · since 1957
Dannetta
Dannetta has 148 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,891 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1957
- 1970s
- peak decade
148 girls have been named Dannetta since 1957, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dannetta has 148 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 1980.
- #22,891 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 1957
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dannetta ranks #22,891 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1957, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,891 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1957
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dannetta's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dannetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dannetta splits its recorded history at 1969: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dannetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1980
- Peak year (1971)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Dannetta by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (63 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Dannetta's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Dannetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
58 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 63 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Dannetta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1980s -- 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 Dannetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1957–1980 (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 Dannetta 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.