Boys' name · since 1978
Danzell
Danzell has 204 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,831 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Danzell sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 204 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danzell has been recorded 204 times among boys since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2019.
- #12,831 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 204 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danzell ranks #12,831 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 204 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,831 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Danzell's 204 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danzell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Danzell's full recorded timeline at 1995, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Danzell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2019
- Peak year (1991)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Danzell by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (149 births, 73% of the file).
1990s was Danzell's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Danzell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
149 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 149 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Danzell's decade-level peak was the 1990s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Danzell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1978–2019 (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 Danzell 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.