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Dani

Dani was the #746 girls' name in the US in 2025 (364 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,106 in Canada.

Dani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Dani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#746 (364)#3,333 (7)——#483 (7)#1,106 (24)
2024#680 (420)#2,575 (10)#790 (3)—#631 (5)#1,291 (19)
2023#773 (364)#2,201 (12)——#625 (5)#987 (26)
2022#674 (432)#1,685 (17)——#389 (10)#927 (28)
2021#732 (389)#2,201 (12)#558 (5)#350 (4)#430 (9)#898 (31)
2020#803 (337)#1,939 (14)#765 (3)—#375 (10)#901 (30)
2019#861 (311)#1,854 (15)#406 (8)—#362 (11)#1,067 (24)
2018#939 (284)#2,187 (12)#348 (10)—#568 (6)#1,164 (21)
2017#1,046 (246)#2,706 (9)#666 (4)——#1,179 (21)
2016#1,068 (244)#4,096 (5)—#306 (5)—#1,280 (19)
2015#1,030 (259)#3,252 (7)#566 (5)—#751 (4)#805 (34)
2014#1,040 (249)#2,659 (9)#603 (5)——#1,395 (17)
2013#1,068 (232)#3,160 (7)———#1,255 (19)
2012#1,071 (233)#1,991 (14)#525 (6)—#907 (3)#1,472 (16)
2011#1,164 (210)#2,636 (9)#579 (5)—#798 (4)#1,154 (21)

Dani as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Dani as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Dani as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,139 (25)#2,952 (7)—
2024#3,216 (37)#3,255 (6)—
2023#3,293 (36)—#2,614 (6)
2022#3,691 (30)#3,450 (5)#2,052 (8)
2021#4,628 (21)#2,125 (10)—
2020#3,202 (35)#2,404 (8)—
2019#4,003 (26)#3,013 (6)—
2018#4,354 (23)#3,412 (5)#2,403 (6)
2017#4,746 (20)#3,449 (5)#1,852 (9)
2016#3,776 (28)#3,478 (5)#2,718 (5)
2015#3,513 (31)#2,319 (9)#1,816 (9)
2014#4,263 (23)#1,935 (11)—
2013#3,497 (30)#2,660 (7)#1,654 (10)
2012#4,862 (19)#2,270 (9)#2,158 (7)
2011#4,356 (22)#3,300 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #674.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.
  • In 2025, 94% of US babies named Dani were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #878CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #224LAMississippi: #196MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #676GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Dani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Dani (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DaniCanadaGirls#1,10624
DaniCanadaBoys—too few
DaniEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
DaniEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
DaniIrelandGirls#4837
DaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DaniNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DaniScotlandGirls—too few
DaniUSGirls#746364
DaniUSBoys#4,13925