Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Danny

#135 most common boys' name of all time · #273 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#135
Rank overall
#273 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
288,341
Since 2016
5,249
Peak year
1954 #42
Best rank
#39 1947
Girls Boys peak 9,126/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Danny first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 445 462 #628
2024 11 440 451 #636
2023 15 473 488 #601
2022 15 456 471 #615
2021 17 517 534 #552
2020 14 494 508 #567
2019 11 546 557 #522
2018 12 525 537 #535
2017 11 577 588 #504
2016 12 641 653 #479
2015 9 715 724 #429
2014 7 710 717 #429
2013 11 762 773 #391
2012 13 774 787 #385
2011 5 863 868 #349
2010 10 1,000 1,010 #320
2009 17 1,003 1,020 #318
2008 10 995 1,005 #330
2007 10 1,064 1,074 #309
2006 5 1,074 1,079 #307
2005 8 1,050 1,058 #313
2004 14 1,039 1,053 #304
2003 6 1,083 1,089 #288
2002 10 1,160 1,170 #269
2001 1,020 1,020 #292
2000 7 1,059 1,066 #287
1999 6 1,069 1,075 #275
1998 10 1,057 1,067 #269
1997 13 1,140 1,153 #253
1996 13 1,206 1,219 #245
1995 12 1,259 1,271 #235
1994 12 1,279 1,291 #231
1993 15 1,422 1,437 #214
1992 14 1,623 1,637 #190
1991 17 1,845 1,862 #173
1990 14 1,919 1,933 #162
1989 16 1,911 1,927 #158
1988 21 1,902 1,923 #145
1987 16 1,846 1,862 #149
1986 17 1,913 1,930 #147
1985 20 2,015 2,035 #141
1984 25 2,000 2,025 #136
1983 22 2,019 2,041 #133
1982 14 2,045 2,059 #137
1981 15 2,094 2,109 #130
1980 18 2,267 2,285 #120
1979 16 2,258 2,274 #121
1978 19 2,209 2,228 #115
1977 20 2,437 2,457 #111
1976 33 2,494 2,527 #102
1975 31 2,740 2,771 #94
1974 30 2,859 2,889 #91
1973 21 3,181 3,202 #83
1972 32 3,306 3,338 #87
1971 28 3,611 3,639 #82
1970 31 3,768 3,799 #85
1969 42 4,010 4,052 #73
1968 28 3,984 4,012 #72
1967 24 4,310 4,334 #68
1966 20 4,721 4,741 #62
1965 30 5,675 5,705 #56
1964 26 6,476 6,502 #56
1963 28 7,101 7,129 #55
1962 38 7,644 7,682 #54
1961 36 8,199 8,235 #54
1960 28 8,611 8,639 #48
1959 42 8,727 8,769 #48
1958 34 8,934 8,968 #45
1957 35 8,820 8,855 #45
1956 29 8,565 8,594 #46
1955 25 8,721 8,746 #45
1954 23 9,103 9,126 #42
1953 26 8,627 8,653 #41
1952 37 8,821 8,858 #40
1951 26 8,179 8,205 #41
1950 16 8,143 8,159 #39
1949 25 8,023 8,048 #40
1948 21 8,009 8,030 #39
1947 21 8,069 8,090 #39
1946 17 6,650 6,667 #46
1945 20 4,175 4,195 #56
1944 12 3,511 3,523 #76
1943 13 2,898 2,911 #88
1942 9 2,203 2,212 #111
1941 12 1,644 1,656 #120
1940 5 1,479 1,484 #126
1939 9 1,271 1,280 #137
1938 9 1,208 1,217 #137
1937 9 1,022 1,031 #152
1936 6 758 764 #176
1935 670 670 #192
1934 6 604 610 #204
1933 6 502 508 #230
1932 423 423 #267
1931 10 387 397 #281
1930 5 390 395 #289
1929 5 314 319 #312
1928 11 277 288 #343
1927 209 209 #418
1926 8 223 231 #398
1925 8 174 182 #457
1924 126 126 #566
1923 124 124 #559
1922 108 108 #622
1921 102 102 #636
1920 90 90 #676
1919 77 77 #729
1918 5 72 77 #771
1917 64 64 #792
1916 43 43 #981
1915 39 39 #1,031
1914 28 28 #1,097
1913 33 33 #854
1912 14 14 #1,337
1911 9 9 #1,274
1910 10 10 #1,112
1909 10 10 #1,013
1908 8 8 #1,100
1907 7 7 #1,190
1905 5 5 #1,379
1904 7 7 #1,054
1903 5 5 #1,283
1902 9 9 #860
1901 8 8 #857
1900 7 7 #1,149