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Danis

#7,291 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Danish

Danis has been given to 197 babies in the U.S. since 1947. In 2025 it ranked #7,291 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.

Babies named Danis, 2025

1 in 301,000

Danis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Danis over time

In 2025, Danis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19442025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Danis: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Danish

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Danis means

Danis is a form of Danish.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Danis → Danish. The family’s meaning is “knowledge, learning”, recorded in the naming reference for Danish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Danish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 166 boys were recorded with the name Danis between 1947 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2017; its best national rank was #3,142 in 1947.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,452 in 2020 to #7,291 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,770 in 2015 to #7,291 in 2025.

In the United States, 31 girls were recorded with the name Danis between 1944 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1945; its best national rank was #4,128 in 1945.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Danis?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,291
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Danis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Danis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daniss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Danis was born before 2009 — so the typical Danis is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
33.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
154
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Choose a decade

2000s — 33.7% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Danis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,825
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+5,161
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,479
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.57×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2017 (11)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
40.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,142
1947

Spellings of Danis

Danis is not the most common spelling — David is, with 51.7% against Danis's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Danis around the world

Where Danis ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2015
    #4,747
    in 2015
  • France
    1945–2021
    #5,320
    in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Danis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,291
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,161
Best rank ever
#3,142
1947
Peak year
2017
11 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
166
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,128
1945
Peak year
1945
6 that year
First recorded
1944
Last recorded
1961
All-time count
31
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Danis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DannisDanilDanyloDansbyDonisDanneDangerDannaDaniilDannerDanishDanonDandyDanniDanylDanelDanyalDanzelDantaDanileYonisYunisDanyelDanh

Sibling names for Danis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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