How Many People Are Named Danny?
people named Danny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,613 people in the US has this name
Based on 288,341 babies named Danny in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,126 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of DANIEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Danny in English. Counting Danny and these spellings together, about 218,895 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Danny, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 1.3% of the babies were girls then and 3.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Danny alive today is about 56 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Danny first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1954, to 9,126 babies. In 2025, 462 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Danny never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #39, in 1947 to 1948 and 1950, and it was in the top 100 for 33 years, 1943 to 1975. In 2025 it ranked #628.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #628 |
| Best rank | #39 (1947 to 1948 and 1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | 33 (1943 to 1975) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #44 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Danny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Danny were born in California than in any other state: about 26,219 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Danny was given 2.4 times as often in Kentucky, 2.3 times in Arkansas and 2.2 times in West Virginia.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.