Danny

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Danny: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Danny: Recorded since 1960, it reached #41 in 2021, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
154times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#41highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#98
1997	#103
1998	#110
1999	#121
2000	#125
2001	#115
2002	#134
2003	#123
2004	#128
2005	#132
2006	#142
2007	#142
2008	#157
2009	#176
2010	#161
2011	#182
2012	#205
2013	#208
2014	#209
2015	#234
2016	#247
2017	#303
2018	#293
2019	#396
2020	#338
2021	#384
2022	#379
2023	#525
2024	#514

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 49 of the 56 years from 1970 to 2025.

In 2024: #74 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #78 among boys in Northern Ireland, #234 among boys in Scotland, #514 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1960–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1960
First recorded at #95 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1970–2025
Highest recorded position: #41 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1970–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #76 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Danny appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 49 ranked years and 2,046 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1960.

Danny across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Danny's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#305 (1970)	#41 (2021)	#76 (2025)	49 of 56	2,046 (1970–2025)	158 (2021)
Norway · Boys	#475 (1964)	#359 (2012)	#498 (2017)	32 of 54	177 (1964–2017)	10 (2010)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#95 (1960)	#81 (1964)	#97 (1990)	16 of 31	1,201 (1960–1990)	85 (1984)
England and Wales · Boys	#98 (1996)	#98 (1996)	#514 (2024)	29 of 29	8,434 (1996–2024)	565 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#192 (1997)	#67 (2015)	#78 (2024)	27 of 28	621 (1997–2024)	49 (2015)

Danny by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Danny in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	16	4 of 10	4
1980s	46	9 of 10	5
1990s	117	10 of 10	12
2000s	318	10 of 10	32
2010s	914	10 of 10	91
2020sbusiest	635	6 of 10	106

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 106 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 57, from 101 to 158.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Danny appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1960 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Danny's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#514	76	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#525	74	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#379	112	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#384	114	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#338	133	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#396	110	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#293	166	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#303	165	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#247	216	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#234	239	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#209	272	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#208	261	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#205	269	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#182	309	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#161	344	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#176	305	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#157	346	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#142	377	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#142	378	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#132	387	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#128	412	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#123	393	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#134	325	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#115	385	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#125	334	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#121	384	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#110	455	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#103	528	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#98	565	High	Verified
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	66	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	66	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	63	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#78	30	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#98	25	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#73	37	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#89	32	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#82	36	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#81	41	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#100	27	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#92	32	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#93	33	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#67	49	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#80	39	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#108	28	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#81	43	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#101	29	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#158	16	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#152	17	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#152	17	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#159	15	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#188	10	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#169	12	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#182	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#162	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#165	9	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#498	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#486	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#524	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#359	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#535	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#363	10	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#548	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#492	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#437	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#370	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#492	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#494	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#551	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#510	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#486	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#569	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#454	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#480	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#567	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#529	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#622	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#429	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#534	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#531	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#586	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#585	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#475	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#76	78	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	79	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#53	109	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	110	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	158	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	101	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	100	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	94	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	111	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	100	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	116	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	100	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#96	77	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	88	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	65	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	63	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	46	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	50	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	47	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	39	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	34	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	27	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	28	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	15	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	22	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	17	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	12	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	11	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	15	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	16	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#234	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1960 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #41, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 31 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 565 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 64 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dannielle · #337, 23y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Dante · #324, 30y
Danuta · #267, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Michaela · #40, 57y
Bianca · #39, 54y
Austin · #37, 62y
Corey · #37, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Blair · #41, 57y
Rowan · #41, 55y
Daire · #40, 60y
Kellie · #40, 54y

Danny was ranked #41 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Danny and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Danny without appearing here.

Danny moved ahead of

Andreas Compare
In 2000 they stood at #321 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #153 and #409.
Bruce Compare
In 2000 they stood at #282 and #282 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #153 and #409.
Ronald Compare
In 1986 they stood at #636 and #357 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #429 and #639.
Oisin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #64 and #11 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #70 and #247.

Moved ahead of Danny

Phillip Compare
In 1995 they stood at #486 and #554 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #510 and #307.
Harris Compare
In 2022 they stood at #379 and #385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #525 and #336.
Rian Compare
In 2022 they stood at #379 and #395 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #525 and #338.
Nathan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #437 and #459 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #492 and #319.

Moved the opposite way to Danny

Andreas Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Danny went from #305 to #76 while Andreas went from #251 to #829.
Bruce Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Danny went from #305 to #76 while Bruce went from #251 to #676.
Derek Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Danny went from #305 to #76 while Derek went from #24 to #432.
Frank Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Danny went from #305 to #76 while Frank went from #197 to #286.

Moved the same way as Danny

Evan Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Danny went from #305 to #76 and Evan from #251 to #80.
Dylan Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Danny went from #268 to #76 and Dylan from #215 to #69.
Leon Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Danny went from #268 to #76 and Leon from #215 to #73.
Ethan Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Danny went from #215 to #76 and Ethan from #208 to #51.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1960 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Danny

Danny at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Danny across 5 official records

Danny by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Danny appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Danny

Danny and the names beside it

Danny moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Danny

Moved the opposite way to Danny

Moved the same way as Danny

Danny at a glance

Danny across 5 official records

Danny by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Danny appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Danny

Danny and the names beside it

Danny moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Danny

Moved the opposite way to Danny

Moved the same way as Danny