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Danilo

Boy · da-NEE-loh · Hebrew

Danilo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my judge”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,315th for boys in the US (147 babies).

What does Danilo mean?

Hebrew: Slavic, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Daniel

“God is my judge”

A form of Daniel used in Serbian, Croatian, Ukrainian, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

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da-NEE-loh

Is Danilo a girl's or a boy's name?

Danilo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 147 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Danilo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Danilo, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys.

Half of all the boys named Danilo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 10 in 20032025
Danilo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20243#5,198
20239#2,468
20227#2,922
20217#2,886
20205#3,502
20196#3,184
20183#4,959
20179#2,461
20165#3,655
20156#3,149
20140–
201310#2,176
20128#2,595
20115#3,446
20101#6,148
20096#2,970
20089#2,212
20070–
20065#3,013
20051#5,109
20046#2,399
200310#1,608
20024#2,751
20014#2,714
20003#3,146
19990–
19983#3,021
19974#2,438
19963#2,949

How popular is Danilo in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,315among boys
Babies in 2025
147about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 147 boys in the US were named Danilo, making it the 1,315th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,177th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 209 boys. It first appears in the records in 1946.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Danilo than any year since 2014.

Half of all the boys named Danilo in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1946Busiest: 209 in 20222025
Danilo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025147#1,315
2024197#1,096
2023207#1,052
2022209#1,052
2021204#1,050
2020163#1,177
2019155#1,226
2018197#1,034
2017200#1,010
2016196#1,022
2015197#1,030
2014114#1,442
201386#1,708
201291#1,675
201191#1,656
201063#2,117
200990#1,716
200888#1,719
200787#1,721
200665#2,036
200583#1,633
200479#1,626
200360#1,932
200257#1,939
200147#2,181
200057#1,844
199952#1,876
199839#2,271
199737#2,257
199648#1,868
199552#1,701
199460#1,539
199338#2,086
199255#1,593
199143#1,817
199061#1,430
198955#1,487
198854#1,422
198746#1,532
198645#1,492
198544#1,503
198442#1,480
198342#1,469
198245#1,414
198132#1,765
198027#2,003
197930#1,833
197825#1,965
197726#1,904
197633#1,607
197527#1,786
197431#1,582
197325#1,782
197231#1,535
197126#1,744
197027#1,657
196918#1,976
196822#1,694
196714#2,138
196621#1,683
196519#1,805
196413#2,309
196312#2,413
196213#2,278
19616#3,650
196011#2,533
195912#2,413
195810#2,640
19578#3,022
195613#2,261
195514#2,138
19548#2,940
19535#3,796
195211#2,374
19510–
19500–
19495#3,688
19480–
19476#3,369
19465#3,523

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