Dannie
Dannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Dannie Abse (1923–2014), Welsh poet Dannie Bulman, English football midfielder Dannie Heineman (1872–1962), Belgian-American engineer and businessman Dannie Lockett, American football player Dannie Richmond (1935–1988), American drummer, worked with Charles Mingus, Joe Cocker, Elton John and Mark-Almond Dannie Seow, Australian Rules…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Dannie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Dannie Abse (1923–2014), Welsh poet Dannie Bulman, English football midfielder Dannie Heineman (1872–1962), Belgian-American engineer and businessman Dannie Lockett, American football player Dannie Richmond (1935–1988), American drummer, worked with Charles Mingus, Joe Cocker, Elton John and Mark-Almond Dannie Seow, Australian Rules…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Dannie
As a girl name
Dannie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1885, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1947: 43 births, good for #1,413 nationwide. As of 2026, Dannie ranks #6,114 for girls with 19 births, gradually falling (-9%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Dannie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1893, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1953: 287 births, good for #416 nationwide. About 27% of every Dannie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Dannie ranks #5,223 for boys with 18 births, rising sharply (+15% over the past five years). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dannie
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About the name Dannie
Dannie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1893 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Dannie's peak popularity came in 1953 when it ranked #397. Use the chart and map above to compare Dannie'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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