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Danni

#3,076 in 2025Girls' name

Diminutive of Danielle

Danni has been given to 2,766 babies in the U.S. since 1948. In 2025 it ranked #3,076 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 89 recorded.

Babies named Danni, 2025

1 in 62,600

Danni over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Danni: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Danielle

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Danni means

Danni is a diminutive of Danielle.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Danni → Danielle → Daniel. The family’s meaning is “God is my judge”, recorded in English with the source elements daniyél.

Origin, language, and formation

Danni is used in English and Danish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Danielle and Danny.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Danni is pronounced /ˈdæni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,673 girls were recorded with the name Danni between 1948 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 89 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,446 in 1955.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,475 in 2020 to #3,076 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,242 in 2015 to #3,076 in 2025.

In the United States, 93 boys were recorded with the name Danni between 1953 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1956; its best national rank was #2,526 in 1956.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Danni?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 62,600
53 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 30,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,076
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
43,358 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Danni sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 43,358 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Danni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dannis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Danni was born before 2007 — so the typical Danni is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
27.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
61.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,663
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 27.7% of all recorded uses (740).

Is Danni 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
+109
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−601
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−834
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
59.6%
Peak was 2022 (89)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,446
1955

Spellings of Danni

Danni is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 21.8% against Danni's 0.06%.

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.

Where Danni is used

Across 2016–2025, Danni was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 34,386 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 25,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 25,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 50,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 50,000
  5. 5Maryland1 in 50,000
  6. 6Missouri1 in 50,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 50,000
  8. 8Washington1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Danni around the world

Where Danni 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
    1996–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1991–2023
    #630
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    1999–2017
    #432
    in 2017
  • Ireland
    2005–2021
    #764
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1994–2019
    #2,373
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1974–2012
    #563
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Danni

People whose public names include Danni, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Danni in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Danni. Linked forms have their own page here.

DaniDaniaDannyDanniaDannieDanniellaDannielle

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Danni by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,076
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 601
Best rank ever
#1,446
1955
Peak year
2022
89 that year
First recorded
1948
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,673
Count in 2025
53

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,526
1956
Peak year
1956
11 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
93
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Danni

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

DanyaDannyDannieDanahDanaeDaniaDaniyaSunniDanayDaneenRonniDanishaDanieleDanaiDanielDaniyahDanayaJenniDanyelDanylaDaniDanikaDanasiaDannah

Names with a curve like Danni

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Danni, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JesslynSimaLainaRochelYanaZipporahYochevedAleidaSabineKarolineDevoraJolee

Sibling names for Danni

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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