Dannon
Danone is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris, where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. In 2020, Danone became the first listed company to adopt the status of société à mission, as introduced by France's PACTE law of 2019.
Meaning & Origin of Dannon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Danone is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris, where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. In 2020, Danone became the first listed company to adopt the status of société à mission, as introduced by France's PACTE law of 2019.
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The Story of Dannon
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Dannon as a girl name dates back to 1979, when 13 babies received it. 1979 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Dannon — #5,093 in the national rankings. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Dannons. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2007 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 92 Dannons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Dannon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1968, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1979: 41 births, good for #1,464 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Dannons. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2020 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 503 Dannons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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About the name Dannon
Dannon is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 503 births in the dataset. Dannon's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #1,464. Use the chart and map above to compare Dannon'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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