Danny — #641 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Danny

The Social Security Administration has registered 286,194 babies named Danny between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Danny currently holds the #641 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 9,105 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Danny performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 86,640 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Danny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32,660 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Danny in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Danny in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 286,194 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.