Danie
Danie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Danie Brits, retired South African professional wrestler and former South African Heavyweight Champion Danie Coetzee, South African rugby union footballer Danie Craven (1910–1993), former Western Province, Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal and Springbok rugby union player Danie G.
Meaning & Origin of Danie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Danie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Danie Brits, retired South African professional wrestler and former South African Heavyweight Champion Danie Coetzee, South African rugby union footballer Danie Craven (1910–1993), former Western Province, Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal and Springbok rugby union player Danie G.
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The Story of Danie
As a girl name
Danie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1916, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1987: 11 births, good for #6,335 nationwide. About 22% of every Danie on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Danie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 267 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Danie on the record books as a boy name in 1919, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1984, when 19 Danies were born — ranking #2,530 that year. About 22% of every Danie on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Danie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 544 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Danie
Danie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 544 births in the dataset. Danie's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #2,530. Use the chart and map above to compare Danie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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