Danney
Masculine · “God is my judge”
Danney is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 512 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Danney is Danny written with an -ey ending, and Danny is the long-standing English pet form of Daniel, the Hebrew name read as 'God is my judge'. The spelling has no history of its own apart from that, and it is said exactly like Danny.
How old is the name Danney?
Danney first appears in US birth records in 1937 — 88 years ago. The typical Danney alive today was born around 1955, making them about 70 years old. About 400 people named Danney are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Danney most popular?
Danney peaked in 1950, reaching #1364 nationally. See the whole 1950 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Hebrew Daniyyel to Danney
The story of Danney
Daniel is the prophet of the Book of Daniel, and English speakers have shortened the name to Dan and Danny for generations. Danney is one of several ways of writing the pet form, alongside Dannie and Dany, and it appears in American records as a given name in its own right rather than only as a nickname.
Meaning
God is my judge, from Daniel
The meaning belongs to Daniel, from Hebrew Daniyyel. Danney is a spelling of its pet form and adds no meaning of its own.
How the name formed
- Hebrew Daniyyel
- Daniel
- Danny
- Danney
Pronouncing Danney
DAN-ee
Identical to Danny.
Nicknames for Danney
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1937
- Most boys named
- 195429 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1364reached in 1950
- Change vs 1981
- −16.7%5 in 1987, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Danneys among us
people named Danney are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Danney sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Said exactly like Danny, a sound every English speaker knows.
- Rests on Daniel, a name with a long, documented history.
- Grows easily into Dan for adult life.
- Nearly everyone will write Danny; the -ey will need spelling out, and forms will correct it.
- As a stand-alone name it reads like a nickname, so some people will ask what it is short for.
- Almost every child with this spelling is a boy; a girl called Danney will mostly meet it on boys.
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Frequently asked
- How many Danneys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Danney are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Danney in 2025?
- Danney is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Danney with classmates?
- Danney will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More D names
The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
David#35 · Daniel#22 · Donald#690 · Dennis#707 · Douglas#807 · Dylan#41 · Danny#628 · Dale#1409
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