Danne
A Scandinavian variant of the feminine name Dianne or Diane.
Name Census estimates that about 515 living Americans carry the first name Danne. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 73.2% of registrations being female. The average person named Danne today is around 59 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Danne births was 1966 (36 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Danne. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
515
~ 1 in 665,542 Americans
Peak year
1966
36 babies that year
Average age
59
years old
1999 SSA rank
#8,937
Tracked since 1932
Census
Danne in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 730 people with the first name Danne, which placed it at #15,675 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#15,675
National first-name rank
People counted
730
730 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
73.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Danne
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Danne is White at 73.8%. The next largest groups are Black (10.7%) and Hispanic (9.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Danne described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Danne at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White73.8% · 539
- Black or African American10.7% · 78
- Hispanic or Latino9.6% · 70
- Two or more races2.7% · 20
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.6% · 19
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.5% · 4
Gender
Gender distribution for Danne
Danne is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 654 total registrations, 175 (26.8%) were male and 479 (73.2%) were female.
Danne as a male name
- Ranked #8,937 in 1999
- 6 male births in 1999
- Peak: 1956 (14 births)
Danne as a female name
- Ranked #11,668 in 1999
- 7 female births in 1999
- Peak: 1966 (28 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Danne on both sides of the split. Of the 728 people counted with this name, 196 were male (26.9%) and 532 were female (73.1%).
Popularity
Danne: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Danne from the 1930s through to the 1990s, spanning 7 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1960s, with 201 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1960s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Danne by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Danne during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Dannes live
Origin
Meaning and history of Danne
The name Danne is of German origin, derived from the Old High German word "dannen," which means "from there" or "away." It is believed to have emerged during the Middle Ages, between the 5th and 15th centuries. The name was initially used as a surname, referring to someone who had moved or migrated from a particular place.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Danne can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, a collection of medieval documents from the German state of Saxony. This document, dating back to the 12th century, mentions a person named Danne von Meissen, who was likely a nobleman or landowner from the region of Meissen.
In the 14th century, there was a German poet and writer named Danne von Eschenburg, who was born around 1320 and died around 1390. He was known for his works that celebrated the chivalric ideals of the time and his contributions to the development of German literature during the late Middle Ages.
During the Renaissance period, a notable figure bearing the name Danne was Danne Borremans, a Flemish painter who lived from 1512 to 1572. He was renowned for his religious paintings and altarpieces, which adorned churches throughout the Low Countries.
In the 18th century, there was a German composer and organist named Danne Gottlob Türk, who was born in 1756 and died in 1813. He was known for his contributions to the development of keyboard techniques and his influential treatises on music theory and performance.
Another prominent individual with the name Danne was Danne Christian Oersted, a Danish physicist and chemist who lived from 1777 to 1851. He is best known for his discovery of electromagnetism, which laid the foundation for the study of electromagnetism and its applications in various fields, including communication and technology.
While the name Danne has its roots in German culture and history, it has been adopted and used in various parts of the world over the centuries, although it remains relatively uncommon compared to other names of German origin.
People
Danne + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Danne as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Danne: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Danne?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 515 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Danne going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 665,542 US residents.
Is Danne a common name?
We classify Danne as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 654 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Danne most popular?
The single biggest year for Danne was 1966, when 36 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Danne is about 59 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Danne in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 730 people with the name Danne, or 0.24 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #15,675 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Danne in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Danne?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Danne on both sides of the split. Of the 728 people counted with this name, 196 were male (26.9%) and 532 were female (73.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Danne?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Danne is White at 73.8%. The next largest groups are Black (10.7%) and Hispanic (9.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Danne most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Danne in the 2020 Census, accounting for 73.8% (539 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Danne in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Danne a female name?
Yes, 73.2% of people registered as Danne in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Danne still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Danne in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Danne can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Danne as a first name?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.