# Danielle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danielle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /dænˈjɛl/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Dan, Dani |
| Variant spellings | Daniella |
| US babies named this | 373,698 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,895 / 371,803 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,528, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,500 | 207 |
| 2012 | 1,378 | 232 |
| 2013 | 1,239 | 259 |
| 2014 | 1,246 | 263 |
| 2015 | 1,092 | 295 |
| 2016 | 999 | 329 |
| 2017 | 917 | 351 |
| 2018 | 818 | 381 |
| 2019 | 739 | 432 |
| 2020 | 692 | 448 |
| 2021 | 709 | 438 |
| 2022 | 672 | 474 |
| 2023 | 621 | 494 |
| 2024 | 588 | 525 |
| 2025 | 550 | 549 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 25 | 2,998 |
| 1998 | 30 | 2,724 |
| 1999 | 23 | 3,399 |
| 2000 | 19 | 4,092 |
| 2001 | 10 | 6,555 |
| 2002 | 15 | 4,957 |
| 2003 | 14 | 5,330 |
| 2004 | 32 | 3,095 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,462 |
| 2006 | 11 | 7,012 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,086 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,169 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,909 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,138 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,037 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 183 | 266 |
| 2012 | 134 | 360 |
| 2013 | 127 | 358 |
| 2014 | 110 | 396 |
| 2015 | 94 | 461 |
| 2016 | 64 | 655 |
| 2017 | 44 | 870 |
| 2018 | 48 | 791 |
| 2019 | 42 | 864 |
| 2020 | 42 | 853 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,180 |
| 2023 | 37 | 941 |
| 2024 | 38 | 934 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

## In other languages

- Polish: Daniela

## People named Danielle

- Danielle Steel, American writer
- Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer
- Danielle Panabaker, American actress
- Danielle Harris, American actress
- Danielle Campbell, American actress (born 1995)
- Danielle Brooks, American actress
- Danielle Collins, American tennis player
- Danielle Rose Russell, American actress
- Daniëlle van de Donk, Dutch footballer
- Danielle Fishel, American actress
- Danielle Louise Moinet, American model, American football player and professional wrestler
- Danielle Savre, American actress (born 1988)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.