Meaning not yet researched.
Danny: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 445 in 2025. Its best rank was #39 in 1950.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #39 in 1950; #628 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Danny in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#628 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1950, at #39.
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Danny: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 445 boys in 2025. Peak: #39 in 1950 · most boys in one year: 9,103 (1954).
In 2025, 445 US boys were named Danny, making it the 628th most common boys’ name of the year, up 8 places from #636 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 440 boys named Danny in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #39, reached in 1950. The most boys given the name in a single year was 9,103, in 1954. For comparison, it was #429 in 2015 and #39 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Danny in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1900 with 7 babies. In all, 288,341 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 86,933 babies named Danny.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,114 US boys were named Danny; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 641. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,838 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Danny ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #221 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Daniel (1,991,091 babies since 1880), Dannie (11,446 babies since 1880), Dani (11,424 babies since 1880) and Danni (2,766 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Dany, Danee and Danney are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Daniel.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dany (1,541), Danee (565), Danney (517), Danea (502), Dannia (473), Daanya (93), Daney (88), Daneya (79), Dannya (76), Dannye (64), Danye (53), Dayany (35), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Danny is listed as a nickname for Dan, Daniel, Sheridan.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 9 | #221 | #411 |
| California | 77 | #422 | #305 |
| Texas | 69 | #487 | #429 |
| Arizona | 14 | #500 | #408 |
| Virginia | 15 | #503 | #432 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #503 | #349 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #532 | #363 |
| Missouri | 10 | #565 | #495 |
| Utah | 7 | #572 | #626 |
| Ohio | 17 | #581 | #455 |
| Alabama | 8 | #586 | #418 |
| Maryland | 8 | #588 | #367 |
| Georgia | 17 | #598 | #593 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #599 | #338 |
| Florida | 27 | #627 | #363 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #634 | #453 |
| Oregon | 5 | #635 | #430 |
| Colorado | 8 | #635 | #647 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #641 | #424 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #687 | #367 |
| New York | 17 | #805 | #342 |
| Illinois | 10 | #819 | #511 |
| Washington | 7 | #823 | #520 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #934 | #957 |
| Indiana | 5 | #971 | #742 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,017 | #773 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,600 | 445 | #628 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,075 | 440 | #636 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,338 | 473 | #600 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,367 | 456 | #614 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,759 | 517 | #553 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,649 | 494 | #567 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,270 | 546 | #522 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,740 | 525 | #535 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,474 | 577 | #502 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,024 | 641 | #479 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,118 | 715 | #429 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,419 | 710 | #429 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,756 | 762 | #391 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,752 | 774 | #385 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,427 | 863 | #349 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,609 | 1,000 | #320 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,426 | 1,003 | #318 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,003 | 995 | #330 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,040 | 1,064 | #309 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,797 | 1,074 | #307 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,101 | 1,050 | #313 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,939 | 1,039 | #304 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,298 | 1,083 | #288 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,671 | 1,160 | #269 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,020 | #292 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,100 | 1,059 | #286 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,077 | 1,069 | #275 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,739 | 1,057 | #269 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,950 | 1,140 | #253 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,814 | 1,206 | #245 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,166 | 1,259 | #235 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,218 | 1,279 | #231 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,023 | 1,422 | #214 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,385 | 1,623 | #190 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,465 | 1,845 | #173 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,202 | 1,919 | #162 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,348 | 1,911 | #158 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,202 | 1,902 | #145 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,900 | 1,846 | #149 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,583 | 1,913 | #147 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,006 | 2,015 | #141 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,343 | 2,000 | #136 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,582 | 2,019 | #133 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,990 | 2,045 | #137 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,779 | 2,094 | #130 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,183 | 2,267 | #120 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,457 | 2,258 | #121 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,805 | 2,209 | #115 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,643 | 2,437 | #111 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,447 | 2,494 | #102 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,523 | 2,740 | #94 |
| 1974 | 30 | #2,511 | 2,859 | #91 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,140 | 3,181 | #83 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,319 | 3,306 | #87 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,608 | 3,611 | #82 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,407 | 3,768 | #85 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,937 | 4,010 | #73 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,311 | 3,984 | #72 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,505 | 4,310 | #68 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,772 | 4,721 | #62 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,161 | 5,675 | #56 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,425 | 6,476 | #56 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,264 | 7,101 | #55 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,862 | 7,644 | #54 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,929 | 8,199 | #54 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,203 | 8,611 | #48 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,700 | 8,727 | #48 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,879 | 8,934 | #45 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,848 | 8,820 | #45 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,011 | 8,565 | #46 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,167 | 8,721 | #45 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,254 | 9,103 | #42 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,030 | 8,627 | #41 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,583 | 8,821 | #40 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,927 | 8,179 | #41 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,572 | 8,143 | #39 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,926 | 8,023 | #40 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,140 | 8,009 | #39 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,155 | 8,069 | #39 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,334 | 6,650 | #46 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,887 | 4,175 | #56 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,651 | 3,511 | #76 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,581 | 2,898 | #88 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,230 | 2,203 | #111 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,564 | 1,644 | #120 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,494 | 1,479 | #126 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,962 | 1,271 | #137 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,978 | 1,208 | #137 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,985 | 1,022 | #152 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,789 | 758 | #176 |
| 1935 | — | — | 670 | #192 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,904 | 604 | #204 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,836 | 502 | #230 |
| 1932 | — | — | 423 | #265 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,811 | 387 | #281 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,698 | 390 | #289 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,718 | 314 | #312 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,811 | 277 | #343 |
| 1927 | — | — | 209 | #416 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,637 | 223 | #396 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,750 | 174 | #457 |
| 1924 | — | — | 126 | #563 |
| 1923 | — | — | 124 | #556 |
| 1922 | — | — | 108 | #620 |
| 1921 | — | — | 102 | #633 |
| 1920 | — | — | 90 | #675 |
| 1919 | — | — | 77 | #723 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,991 | 72 | #764 |
| 1917 | — | — | 64 | #786 |
| 1916 | — | — | 43 | #974 |
| 1915 | — | — | 39 | #1,023 |
| 1914 | — | — | 28 | #1,078 |
| 1913 | — | — | 33 | #839 |
| 1912 | — | — | 14 | #1,287 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,210 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,060 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #965 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,036 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,122 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,275 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #991 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,162 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #808 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #791 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,069 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).