This year, 15669 newborns were named Danielle, accounting for 0.4559 percent of all baby girls born in the United States. The name's popularity has never risen over 0.479 percent. This year alone, about 17000 girls were given the name Danielle. Names that you might think would be popular such as Emily and Emma do not seem to have much impact either positively or negatively on how often they appear in the data. Daniel was once considered a more popular name for babies but it has been declining in popularity since then. Today, Daniel is ranked between Esther and Elizabeth as the 12th most common name for girls - not enough people are choosing it to make any real difference for the overall ranking. Dani was previously the most common version of the name Danielle but it was overtaken by another form of this name several years ago. Currently, there are also records of others using variations of the spelling Daniella, Dana, Danna and Dena. Danish names follow the rule of two names per person. So if your daughter wants to take her name again after age 18, she can choose another version of the name (which can be found by searching "other names" on Wikipedia). For example, if Dani first took the name Laura when she was 10, she could later adopt her mother's maiden name as a second name - perhaps Laura "Danica" Bartosz.