Dani
Pronounced D AA1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 145 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Dani?
Dani is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 17,147 children — the 1,016th most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 59% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 431 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Donnie, Donny and Doney — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Dani and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Donnie
- Donny
- Doney
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AA1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Dani
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Dani
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Dani?
- Dani ranks 1,016th among girls' names in US records, with 17,147 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,292.
- Is Dani a unisex name?
- No. Dani is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Dani most popular?
- 2022, when 431 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Dani spelled?
- Donnie, Donny, Doney. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.