Unisex name · since 1963
Danon
261 babies named Danon in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,415 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 261
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Danon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 261 have been recorded since 1963.
Social Security Administration records show Danon recorded 261 times among boys since 1963, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2008.
- #11,415 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 261 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danon ranks #11,415 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,415 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 261
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Danon's 261 recorded births place it above 74.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Danon's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Danon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2008
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Danon popularity over time - girls
30 total births recorded since 1952 (Danon as girls' name)
Danon by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (108 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Danon's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Danon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 33
1960s
33 births
- 1970s
1970s
108 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 108 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Danon's data
- Danon's decade-level peak was the 1970s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2000s -- 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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Similar record span (~45 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, 1963–2008 (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 Danon 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.