Danny
2025 SSA
About Danny
A diminutive of Daniel that's been immortalized in odes ranging from 'Danny Boy' to 'Danny's Song.'
Pronounced DAN-ee.
As of October 2026, Danny ranked #628 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #39 in 1950.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #429 | 710 | 369.6 |
| 2015 | #429 | 715 | 373 |
| 2016 | #479 | 641 | 337.8 |
| 2017 | #502 | 577 | 311.7 |
| 2018 | #535 | 525 | 289.1 |
| 2019 | #522 | 546 | 304.3 |
| 2020 | #567 | 494 | 286.2 |
| 2021 | #553 | 516 | 294.9 |
| 2022 | #614 | 456 | 261.2 |
| 2023 | #598 | 473 | 276.5 |
| 2024 | #641 | 435 | 252.5 |
| 2025 | #628 | 445 | 260.5 |
World rankings
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Danny on lists
Famous Dannys
- Danny DeVito
American actor
- Daniel Alan David "Danny" Jones
member of British band McFly
- Danny Elfman
film composer
- Daniel William "Danny" Wood
from music group "New Kids On The Block"
- Daniel "Danny" Way
American pro skateboarder
- Daniel Mark "Danny" Pudi
American actor
- Danny Glover
American actor
- Danny Dyer
British actor
- Danny Lloyd
actor who played Danny in "The Shining"
- Danny Nucci
American actor
- Danny Ahn / Ahn Shinwon
Korean,American rapper, television personality, and member of South Korean boy band g.o.d
Danny in pop culture
- Daniel "Danny" Fenton
main character in animated series "Danny Phantom"
- Danny Beck
character from TV series "Bones"
- Daniel "Danny" Maccabee III
from movie "Just Go with It"
- "Danny's Song
" song by Kenny Loggins
- Daniel "Danny" Zuko
character in musical "Grease"
- Danny Māhealani
a character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
- Danny Castellano
"The Mindy Project"
- Danny Torrance
boy character from "The Shining"
- Danny Holt
"London Spy"
- Daniel "Danny" Wheeler
character from TV series "Baby Daddy"
- Danny Rayburn
character in Netflix's "Bloodline"
- Danny Donahue
character from the 2008 film "Role Models" played by Paul Rudd
- Daniel “Danny” Tanner
character on TV’s Full House and Fuller House
- Danny Williams
character on the american tv series Hawaii Five o