Danner
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAN-er
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Danner is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Danner come from?
Germanic: German and English surname
Is Danner a girl's or a boy's name?
Danner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Danner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Danner, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Danner in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Nicknames for Danner
- Dan 30 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Danner
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan, Deacon, Decker, Kayden, Brayden, Bridger, Aiden, Ronan, Finnegan, Keegan, Finn, Brody
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Danner: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danner, updated 20 October 2026.