Boys' name · since 1975
Danyon
Danyon has 98 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,518 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 98
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
98 boys have been named Danyon since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danyon has been recorded 98 times among boys since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2007.
- #17,518 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 98 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danyon ranks #17,518 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,518 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 98
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Danyon's 98 recorded births place it above 61.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danyon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Danyon's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Danyon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2007
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Danyon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (45 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Danyon's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Danyon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Danyon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1975–2007 (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 Danyon 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.