Boys' name · since 1900
Danny
Danny has 286,648 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #132 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #628 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 286,648
- born since 1900
- 1950s
- peak decade
Danny currently ranks #628 among boys' names in America, with 286,648 babies recorded since 1900.
Danny has 286,648 recorded births among boys since 1900, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #628 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2025.
- #132 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #628 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 286,648 born since 1900
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danny ranks #132 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #628 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 286,648 born since 1900, peaking in the 1950s.
- #132 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #628 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 286,648
- born since 1900
- 1950s
- peak decade
Danny's 286,648 recorded births place it above 99.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Danny compares
286,648 Top 1% higher than 99% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Danny's all-time total is 777x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Danny | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 286,648 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9,103 | 34 | 22,252 |
Danny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Danny splits its recorded history at 1963: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1903 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1954 peak of 9,103 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Danny popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2025
- Peak year (1954)
- 9,103
- Annual births at peak, across 126 years of records
Danny popularity over time - girls
1,693 total births recorded since 1918 (Danny as girls' name)
Danny by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (86,640 births, 30% of the file).
1950s was Danny's strongest decade.
86,640 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Danny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 66
1900s
66 births
- 1910s 389
1910s
389 births
- 1920s 1,747
1920s
1,747 births
- 1930s 7,235
1930s
7,235 births
- 1940s
1940s
46,661 births
- 1950s
1950s
86,640 births
- 1960s
1960s
60,731 births
- 1970s 28,863
1970s
28,863 births
- 1980s 20,012
1980s
20,012 births
- 1990s 13,819
1990s
13,819 births
- 2000s 10,547
2000s
10,547 births
- 2010s 7,113
2010s
7,113 births
- 2020s 2,825
2020s
2,825 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 86,640 births (30% of all-time use).
How Danny compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Danny's total volume
Danny by state
Where Danny concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32,738 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25,896 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 13,488 | 4.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 12,800 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 12,386 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 12,171 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 12,116 | 4.2% |
| #8 | New York | | 10,958 | 3.8% |
32,738 of 286,648 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Danny appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Danny's data
- Danny's decade-level peak was the 1950s (86,640 total births); usage has since declined to 2,825 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dannys (32,738 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Danny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~125 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, 1900–2025 (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 Danny 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.