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Danielle

girl name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
3
Peak era
1980s/1990s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

feminine form of Daniel, "God is my judge"

The story

Danielle is the French feminine of Daniel, God is my judge, and it is the family's American giant among the daughters: about 373,700 across the record, ahead of Daniela at about 68,700 and Daniella at about 33,900, all three storied here, with Daniel himself towering at about 1,985,400. The curve is a generational monument: about 13,200 in the 1960s, 61,400 in the 1970s, cresting at 135,200 in the 1980s, an entire cohort's name, then the orderly descent, 110,000, 35,800, 11,600, and 3,800 so far this decade. The name has passed into the waiting room where generational giants rest between acts, and the ledger keeps its seat warm. The judge in the root never scared anyone; the certificate simply liked the music, nearly four hundred thousand times.

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Danielle across languages

One shared root links 8 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Daniyyel "God is my judge", the dream-reading prophet

The constellation

DanielleFrench · feminine formDanielEnglish

More branches

DanEnglish · short formDannyEnglish · diminutiveDannieEnglish · variantDaniellaEnglish · variantDanielaSpanish · variantDaniEnglish · short form

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How popular is Danielle around the world?

In the United States, 3,832 babies were named Danielle between 2020 and 2025. At the 2022 census, 55,083 people in Brazil were named Danielle, the 530th most common name, with a median age of 34.

Danielle is on the official records of the United States, Brazil, Mexico City, Canada, Scotland, South Australia, England and Wales, Spain, France, Chile and Argentina.

United States

1 in 5,700

In the United States, 3,832 babies were named Danielle between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1980s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Danielle peaked in the 1980s and the 1990s in nearly equal measure. Danielle went to 1,092 US babies in 2015 and 550 in 2025, 50% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Brazil

1 in 3,700

At the 2022 census, 55,083 people in Brazil were named Danielle, the 530th most common name, with a median age of 34.
Among people named Danielle living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

1950speak 1980s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 379 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Mexico City City

1 in 4,200

In Mexico City, there were 28 registrations of Danielle in 2022.

2000peak 20162022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Canada

1 in 6,300

In Canada, 58 girls named Danielle were born in 2024, the 512th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19922024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Scotland

1 in 15,000

In Scotland, 3 girls named Danielle were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Danielle in 2017.

1944peak 19872017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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England and Wales

1 in 28,000

In England and Wales, 21 girls named Danielle were born in 2025, ranked 1,454th among girls that year.

peak 19962025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Spain

1 in 81,000

In Spain, 553 residents are named Danielle, ranked 2,140th among women, with a mean age of 42.4 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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France

1 in 130,000

In France, about 5 girls named Danielle were born in 2025, ranked 4,059th among girls that year.

1900peak 19452025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Chile

1 in 180,000

In Chile, 1 girl was registered as Danielle in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 330,000

In Argentina, 2 newborns were given the name Danielle in 2024.

2012peak 20192024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Austria

last on record 2024

Danielle is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Danielle is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

1964peak 19892025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 2005

Danielle is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Danielle is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

1952peak 19882025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

last on record 2024

Danielle is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1960peak 19932025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2016

Danielle is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 1999

Danielle is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 6 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Danielle

Most people given the name Danielle in the United States were born between 1980 and 1999. The Danielle you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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