Danelle
Danelle is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 597th, in 1974.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1974265 births
- Best rank
- #597in 1974
- Since 1938
- 7,109people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,109 girls have been named Danelle in the United States since 1938, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 265 births.
The name has all but left use: 13 births in 2024, against 265 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 30%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Danelle | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 16 | |
| 1940s | 134 | |
| 1950s | 321 | |
| 1960s | 1,048 | |
| 1970s | 2,142 | |
| 1980s | 2,061 | |
| 1990s | 877 | |
| 2000s | 336 | |
| 2010s | 130 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
In 1974, its biggest year
Danelle was the 597th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.
Names that rose and fell with Danelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Stepheniepeak 1974
- Karipeak 1975
- Melissapeak 1979
- Mellissapeak 1979
- Melainepeak 1980
- Cherissepeak 1974
- Shandrapeak 1976
- Shaunapeak 1979
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.