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Dannie

#5,250 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly Dan (one of the sons of Jacob in the Bible), through Danny

Dannie has been given to 11,446 babies in the U.S. since 1893. In 2025 it ranked #5,250 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1953, with 287 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Dannie, 2025

1 in 184,000

Dannie over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dannie over time

In 2025, Dannie went to 53% girls and 47% boys.

18852025

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.

Dannie: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly Dan (one of the sons of Jacob in the Bible), through Danny

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dannie means

Dannie belongs to the name family reached through Dannie → Danny → דן. Its meaning is “Dan (one of the sons of Jacob in the Bible)”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Daniel or Daniella; from Hebrew דן, and archaic English -ie.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Dannie (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Dannie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Danny and דן.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Dannie is pronounced /ˈdæn.i/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,137 boys were recorded with the name Dannie between 1893 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 287 in 1953; its best national rank was #397 in 1946.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,731 in 2020 to #5,250 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,559 in 2015 to #5,250 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,309 girls were recorded with the name Dannie between 1885 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1947; its best national rank was #966 in 1901.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,919 in 2020 to #5,964 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,018 in 2015 to #5,964 in 2025.

How common is Dannie?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,250
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dannie 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 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dannie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dannies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dannie was born before 1954 — so the typical Dannie is around 71 today.

Median birth year
1954
About 71 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
26.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
5.5%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
5,733
People you could plausibly meet
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1950s — 26.6% of all recorded uses (2,430).

Is Dannie 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
−146
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−519
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+309
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.13×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.3%
Peak was 1953 (287)
Years since peak
72
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#397
1946

Spellings of Dannie

Dannie is not the most common spelling — Daniel is, with 57.7% against Dannie's 0.27%.

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 Dannie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Dannie was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 6,667 boys, against 1 in 26,414 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

015 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 6,667
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 8,333
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 9,091
  4. 4West Virginia1 in 9,091
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 11,111
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 11,111
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 12,500
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Dannie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Dannie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Dannie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 125,234 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

06 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 16,667
  2. 2Georgia1 in 100,000
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5California1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7Virginia1 in —

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. Dannie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dannie around the world

Where Dannie 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
    1998–2011
    #4,647
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    1951–1973
    #454
    in 1973

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Dannie

People whose public names include Dannie, 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.

Dannie in other languages

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

DaanDaniDanieDanniDannyDanielDennieDanieleDanijelDaniëlDannite

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

Dannie by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,250
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 519
Best rank ever
#397
1946
Peak year
1953
287 that year
First recorded
1893
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,137
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,964
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,045
Best rank ever
#966
1901
Peak year
1947
43 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,309
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Dannie

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

DanialDandreDaniloDangeloDanieBernieJohnieDannielLennieDanteDanyelErnieDanzelDanyalConnieDaneBennieDanishDannerDaniellDonnieDaniyalDanthonyDaniil

Names with a curve like Dannie

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

JerroldLannyGerryDonnRodgerValKennithDenisRonnyJeroldLonFredric

Sibling names for Dannie

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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