NameTides

Danny

Danny was the #628 boys' name in the US in 2025 (445 babies), and #469 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Danny as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Danny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Danny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#628 (445)#469 (83)#333 (10)#103 (23)#76 (78)#1,207 (20)—
2024#636 (440)#514 (76)#234 (17)#78 (30)#74 (79)#1,246 (18)—
2023#600 (473)#525 (74)#203 (21)#98 (25)#53 (109)#774 (32)—
2022#613 (456)#379 (112)#243 (16)#73 (37)#57 (110)#862 (29)—
2021#552 (517)#384 (114)#262 (16)#89 (32)#41 (158)#729 (37)—
2020#567 (494)#338 (133)#239 (17)#82 (36)#65 (101)#639 (40)—
2019#522 (546)#396 (110)#197 (24)#81 (41)#68 (100)#770 (31)—
2018#535 (525)#293 (166)#232 (19)#100 (27)#70 (94)#762 (32)—
2017#502 (577)#303 (165)#194 (28)#92 (32)#64 (111)#741 (33)—
2016#479 (641)#247 (216)#247 (18)#93 (33)#70 (100)#601 (45)—
2015#429 (715)#234 (239)#154 (37)#67 (49)#68 (116)#649 (40)—
2014#429 (710)#209 (272)#164 (36)#80 (39)#79 (100)#515 (54)—
2013#391 (762)#208 (261)#142 (40)#108 (28)#96 (77)#399 (73)—
2012#385 (774)#205 (269)#154 (38)#81 (43)#92 (88)#541 (49)—
2011#349 (863)#182 (309)#155 (39)#101 (29)#114 (65)#508 (53)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1948 at #39.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1900.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 360common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 300common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Danny is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Danny by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #577OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #422CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #497VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #485TXFlorida: #621FL
Danny (boys) 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#1,5176

Danny (boys): 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
DannyCanadaGirls—too few
DannyCanadaBoys#1,20720
DannyEngland & WalesBoys#46983
DannyIrelandBoys#7678
DannyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DannyNorthern IrelandBoys#10323
DannyNSWBoys—too few
DannyScotlandBoys#33310
DannyUSGirls#6,54617
DannyUSBoys#628445