# Danilo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danilo/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,674 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,674 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 138, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 1,661 |
| 2012 | 91 | 1,678 |
| 2013 | 86 | 1,712 |
| 2014 | 114 | 1,442 |
| 2015 | 197 | 1,030 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,024 |
| 2017 | 200 | 1,010 |
| 2018 | 197 | 1,034 |
| 2019 | 155 | 1,226 |
| 2020 | 163 | 1,181 |
| 2021 | 204 | 1,051 |
| 2022 | 209 | 1,053 |
| 2023 | 207 | 1,052 |
| 2024 | 197 | 1,097 |
| 2025 | 147 | 1,316 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Danilo

- Danilo, Brazilian association football player (born 1991)
- Danilo Medina, former president of the Dominican Republic
- Danilo, Brazilian footballer (born 2001)
- Danilo Gabriel de Andrade, Brazilian association football player
- Danilo Barbosa, Brazilian association football player
- Danilo Gomes, Brazilian association football player (born 1981)
- Danilo Avelar, Brazilian association football player (born 1989)
- Danilo Alvim, Brazilian footballer and manager (1920-1996)
- Danilo Pereira da Silva, Brazilian association football player born 1999
- Danilo Ilić, Bosnian journalist and historical figure
- Danilo Aparecido da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Danilo Larangeira, Brazilian footballer

## 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.