Danielle
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.
Danielle around the world
One shared root links 8 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Daniyyel "God is my judge", the dream-reading prophet
The constellation
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Danielle peaked in the 1980s and the 1990s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
55,083 people · the #530 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 3,690 · median age 34
Among people named Danielle living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 379 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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.
The Danielle deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Danielle truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Danielle fits with your family’s names and surname.
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