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Danielle

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~363,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#549 among girls
Births in 2025
550 373,698 since 1880
Typical age
37 years, median

Danielle popularity over time

Danielle rank by birth year, 1937–2025Danielle ranked #2,940 in 1937 and #549 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1987.#100#1,000#549best #14 in 198719401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1937–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Danielle in 1987 than in any other year — 17,086 of them. 1937 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Across the record, 34 years put Danielle in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #549 with 550 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 50%. Year on year the rank dropped by 25.

Babies named Danielle per yearPeaks at 17,086 births in 1987.17,086 in 1987019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Danielle?

An estimated 363,100 living Americans are called Danielle. SSA has recorded 373,698 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Danielle?

The typical living Danielle is 37 years old. The 1980s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Danielle a late 20th-century name.

Your Danielle

Ages of living people named DanielleHalf of living Danielles are older than 37 and half younger.median 37020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Danielle is most common

Montana uses the name 1.7× as often as the country as a whole. Maryland, Nevada and Oklahoma follow.

Where Danielle is used more than average5 states use the name Danielle more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: 1.7× the national rateMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.5× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 1.5× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.7× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 1.5× the national rateOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Danielle is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Montana 23 1.7×
Maryland 166 1.7×
Nevada 72 1.5×
Oklahoma 108 1.5×
Utah 116 1.5×

Danielle in England and Wales

ONS recorded 21 births named Danielle in 2025, ranking it #1,454. That is 50% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Danielle comes from

Borrowed from French Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Danielle

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Danielle Steel American writer 1947 59
Danielle Darrieux French actress and singer 1917–2017 43
Danielle Panabaker American actress 1987 42
Danielle Harris American actress 1977 41
Danielle Campbell American actress 1995 38
Danielle Mitterrand wife of François Mitterrand 1924–2011 32
Danielle Brooks American actress 1989 31
Danielle Collins American tennis player 1993 31
Photo credits (5)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 312 in 1960 to 666 in 1961 — 2.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

How Danielle is usually spelled

Spellings within one or two letters of each other, and how 2025 births divided between them.
SpellingBirths in 2025Share
Danielle this page 550 100%
Danyell 0 0%

Names similar to Danielle

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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