# Danny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danny/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “diminutive of daniel and danielle” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdæni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dannie, Dani |
| US babies named this | 288,341 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 286,648 / 1,693 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,517, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Dan (“diminutive of Daniel and Danielle”) + -y, from Hebrew דן.

## 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 | 5 | 17,427 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,752 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,756 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,419 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,118 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,024 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,474 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,740 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,270 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,649 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,759 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,367 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,338 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,075 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,600 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 863 | 349 |
| 2012 | 774 | 385 |
| 2013 | 762 | 391 |
| 2014 | 710 | 429 |
| 2015 | 715 | 429 |
| 2016 | 641 | 479 |
| 2017 | 577 | 502 |
| 2018 | 525 | 535 |
| 2019 | 546 | 522 |
| 2020 | 494 | 567 |
| 2021 | 517 | 553 |
| 2022 | 456 | 614 |
| 2023 | 473 | 600 |
| 2024 | 440 | 636 |
| 2025 | 445 | 628 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 309 | 182 |
| 2012 | 269 | 205 |
| 2013 | 261 | 208 |
| 2014 | 272 | 209 |
| 2015 | 239 | 234 |
| 2016 | 216 | 247 |
| 2017 | 165 | 303 |
| 2018 | 166 | 293 |
| 2019 | 110 | 396 |
| 2020 | 133 | 338 |
| 2021 | 114 | 384 |
| 2022 | 112 | 379 |
| 2023 | 74 | 525 |
| 2024 | 76 | 514 |
| 2025 | 83 | 469 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Dani
- Dutch: Daan
- French: Dany
- German: Dani
- Japanese: ダニー
- Romanian: Dănuț
- Russian: Дэ́нни, Да́ня

## People named Danny

- Danny Boyle, English filmmaker
- Danny Welbeck, English association football player (born 1990)
- Danny Glover, American actor (born 1946)
- Danny Rose, English footballer (born 1990)
- Danny Aiello, American actor
- Danny Huston, American actor, director
- Danny Drinkwater, English association football player
- Danny Faure, 4th President of Seychelles
- Danny Vukovic, Australian association football player
- Danny Ings, English association football player
- Danny McBride, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
- Danny Blind, Dutch association football manager (born 1961)

## 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.