Boys' name · since 1944
Danton
Danton has 570 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,297 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 570
- born since 1944
- 1990s
- peak decade
Danton sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 570 recorded since 1944.
Danton has 570 recorded births among boys since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2022.
- #7,297 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 570 born since 1944
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danton ranks #7,297 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 570 born since 1944, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,297 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 570
- born since 1944
- 1990s
- peak decade
Danton's 570 recorded births place it above 83.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Danton's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1944, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Danton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2022
- Peak year (1989)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Danton by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (126 births, 22% of the file).
1990s was Danton's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Danton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 26
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 50
1950s
50 births
- 1960s
1960s
66 births
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
91 births
- 1990s
1990s
126 births
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s 49
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 126 births (22% of all-time use).
How Danton 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 Danton's total volume
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What to do with Danton's data
- Danton's decade-level peak was the 1990s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Danton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1944–2022 (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 Danton 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.