How Many People Are Named Danette?

9,234

people named Danette are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 37,013 people in the US has this name

Based on 10,392 babies named Danette in Social Security records from 1930 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,583

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,431

See the top 100

Peak Year

1966

501 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: də-NET
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine diminutive of DANIEL.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Danette in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Danette alive today is about 56 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 51 and 64 in 2025.

Under 30 328
3.6%
30 to 59 4,835
52.4%
60 and over 4,071
44.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Danette first appears in the records in 1930 and was given most often in 1966, to 501 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1930 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Danette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #416, in 1966. In 2025 it ranked #15,457.

Girls
Rank in 2025#15,457
Best rank#416 (1966)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#462 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Danette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Danette were born in California than in any other state: about 1,209 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Danette was given 4.4 times as often in Hawaii, 3.9 times in Montana and 3 times in Colorado.

California 1,209
Illinois 496
Texas 458
New York 456
Pennsylvania 428
Ohio 428
Michigan 328
Washington 255
Louisiana 226
Colorado 222
Iowa 192
Minnesota 190
Florida 184
Wisconsin 168
Indiana 164
Missouri 127
Maryland 111
Oregon 110
Utah 100
Hawaii 95
Arizona 92
Virginia 88
Montana 82
New Jersey 81
Kansas 73
New Mexico 56
Georgia 54
Oklahoma 49
North Carolina 43
Kentucky 38
Nebraska 35
Tennessee 32
Alabama 25
Massachusetts 24
North Dakota 24
District of Columbia 19
Connecticut 18
Arkansas 16
South Dakota 14
Idaho 14
West Virginia 13
Mississippi 11
South Carolina 10
Rhode Island 5

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